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• Council of Basle —     Council of Basle     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Basle     Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Council of Florence —     The Council of Florence     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Council of Florence     The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council was, correctly speaking, the continuation of the Council of Ferrara, transferred to the Tuscan capital because of the pest;… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Basle-Lugano — • Composed of the two Dioceses of Basle and Lugano which are united only by having a bishop in common Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Basle Lugano     Basle Lugano      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• BASLE — (Basel, Bâle), Swiss city. The earliest information on a Jewish community dates from the beginning of the 13th century when Basle was still a German free city. The medieval Jewish cemetery was discovered in recent years and the remains were… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Council of Constance —     Council of Constance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Constance     A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 Nov., 1414, to 22 April, 1418. Its forty five general sessions were devoted… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Council of Trent —     Council of Trent     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent     The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Council of Florence — Council of Basel–Ferrara–Florence Date 1431–45 Accepted by Catholicism Previous council Council of Constance Next council Fifth Council of the Lateran …   Wikipedia

• Council of Pisa —     Council of Pisa     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Pisa     Preliminaries.     The great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successful. Compromise or… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Council of Avignon — may refer to one of a number of councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in Avignon. Contents 1 Eleventh century 2 Thirteenth century 3 Fourteenth century 4 …   Wikipedia

• Council of Reims — Reims, located in the north east of modern France, hosted several councils or synods in the Roman Catholic Church. These councils did not universally represent the church and are not counted among the official Ecumenical Councils. Contents 1… …   Wikipedia