Ecumenical council (English Wikipedia)

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"In 879, two years after the death of Patriarch Ignatius, another council was summoned (many consider it the Eighth Ecumenical Council), and again St. Photius was acknowledged as the lawful archpastor of the Church of Constantinople" (Orthodox Church in America) Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

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"Sunday of the Holy Fathers from the 4th Ecumenical Council – The Right Worship". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011. So the new teachings, that are outside the ecumenical councils cannot be accepted because they have not been verified (by) the whole body of the Church.

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"Council | Christianity". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
"Catholic Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2006.
"ecumenical | Origin and meaning of ecumenical by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
"Coptic Orthodox Christian Center, "The Coptic Church"". Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
St Thomas Aquinas, S. Th. II, II, q. 11, a. 2 "Now a thing may be of the faith in two ways, in one way, directly and principally, e.g. the articles of faith; in another way, indirectly and secondarily, e.g. those matters, the denial of which leads to the corruption of some article of faith; and there may be heresy in either way, even as there can be faith." http://newadvent.org/summa/3011.htm#article2 Archived 12 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
McGuckin, John Anthony (2004). Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy. St Vladimir's Seminary Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-88141-259-8. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
Wilhelm, Joseph (1908). "General Councils" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 247 Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
"Frequently asked questions about the date of Easter — World Council of Churches". www.oikoumene.org. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
AsiaNews.it. "RUSSIA-VATICAN Moscow Patriarchate to Pope: On Easter a gesture of goodwill, but we will not overturn old traditions". www.asianews.it. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
Francis Dvornik, "Which Councils are Ecumenical?" Journal of Ecumenical Studies 3(2), 1966, pp. 314–328 Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Orthodoxchristianity.net (10 December 2006).
[1] Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine "The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Orthodox Catholic Church", Retrieved 11 August 2013
[2] Archived 23 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine "Sources of Christian Doctrine – The Councils", Retrieved 11 August 2013
[3] Archived 11 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine "Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils", Retrieved 11 August 2013
[4] Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine "OFFICE OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL", Retrieved 11 August 2013
"In 879, two years after the death of Patriarch Ignatius, another council was summoned (many consider it the Eighth Ecumenical Council), and again St. Photius was acknowledged as the lawful archpastor of the Church of Constantinople" (Orthodox Church in America) Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
"Documents". Orthodox Answers. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010.
"Towards the "Eighth" Ecumenical Council". orthodoxinfo.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 884 Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Vatican.va (20 February 1946).
Dvornik, Francis (1961). The Ecumenical Councils. Hawthorn Books. p. 80. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
Aloysius Sullivan, Francis (2010). Magisterium. Paulist Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8091-2577-7. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 883–884 Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine states: "The college or body of bishops has no authority unless united with the Supreme Pontiff, Peter's successor, as its head. As such, this college has supreme and full authority over the universal Church; but this power cannot be exercised without the agreement of the Supreme Pontiff. The college of bishops exercises power over the universal Church in a solemn manner in an ecumenical council."
Code of Canon Law, canon 338 Archived 25 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Vatican.va.
"Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum orientalium, die XVIII Octobris anno MCMXC - Ioannes Paulus PP. II | Ioannes Paulus II". www.vatican.va. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 247 Archived 29 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Vatican.va.
The Ecumenical Councils of the Orthodox Church Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine at OrthodoxChristianInfo
"Sunday of the Holy Fathers from the 4th Ecumenical Council – The Right Worship". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011. So the new teachings, that are outside the ecumenical councils cannot be accepted because they have not been verified (by) the whole body of the Church.
Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East Archived 4 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Vatican.va (11 November 1994).
G. R. Elton (ed.), The Tudor Constitution: Documents and Commentary (Cambridge, 1960), p. 368. Via Dr Colin Podmore, "Blessed Virgin: Mary and the Anglican Tradition", p. 15, note 12 Archived 12 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Assumptiontide Lecture 2014, St Mary and All Saints, Walsingham
For additional references to this section and for more on the Anglican position, see Dr CB Moss The Church of England and the Seventh Council Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
The Seven Ecumenical Councils in Anglicanism Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Philorthodox.blogspot.com (27 October 2008). Retrieved on 2012-05-15.
Brockwell, Charles W. Jr. (2002). "The United Methodist Church as a Connectional Covenant Community" (PDF). Oxford Institute. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
""Historical Statement" Manual, 2017-2021". Church of the Nazarene. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

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Wilhelm, Joseph (1908). "General Councils" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 247 Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine