“the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church”
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First Council of Nicaea, Nicaea
the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
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Constantinople, First Council of Constantinople
the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
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Council of Ephesus, Ephesus
the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius
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Chalcedon, Council of Chalcedon
the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
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Constantinople, Second Council of Constantinople
the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
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Constantinople, Third Council of Constantinople
the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
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Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea
the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
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council
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
