Seven Ecumenical Councils

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set of ecumenical councils theological concept

The Seven Ecumenical Councils are the major church councils held between the 4th and 8th centuries that defined core Christian doctrines on the Trinity and the nature of Christ, recognized as authoritative by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox (with some differences), and many other Christian traditions.

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Ecumenical councils	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	set of ecumenical councils ⓘ theological concept ⓘ
aim	achieve doctrinal unity in the Church ⓘ
authorityStatus	doctrinally normative in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ dogmatically authoritative in Roman Catholicism ⓘ
consideredAs	ecumenical by Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ first seven ecumenical councils by Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
convenedBy	Roman emperors ⓘ
defined	orthodox Christological doctrine ⓘ orthodox Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
definedDoctrine	Nicene Creed ⓘ full divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ full divinity of the Son ⓘ homoousios of the Son with the Father ⓘ two natures of Christ in one person ⓘ veneration of icons ⓘ
geographicFocus	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
historicalContext	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
includesCouncil	Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ First Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ First Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Christian canon law ⓘ Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ Roman Catholic dogma ⓘ classical Christian creeds ⓘ
mainTheme	Christology ⓘ doctrine of the Trinity ⓘ nature of Christ ⓘ relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ⓘ
numberOfElements	7 ⓘ
opposedHeresy	Apollinarianism ⓘ Arianism ⓘ Miaphysitism ⓘ surface form: Eutychianism Iconoclasm ⓘ Miaphysitism ⓘ surface form: Monophysitism Monothelitism ⓘ Nestorianism ⓘ
partiallyRecognizedBy	Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
primaryLanguage	Greek ⓘ
recognizedBy	Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church many Anglican churches ⓘ some Lutheran churches ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod	4th to 8th centuries ⓘ

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Polish Orthodox Church → doctrine → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

Belarusian Orthodox communities → follow → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

Third Ecumenical Council → partOf → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

Georgian Orthodox Church → recognizesCouncil → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

Romanian Orthodox Church → recognizesCouncil → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

Catechism of the Catholic Church → usesSource → Seven Ecumenical Councils ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecumenical councils