Council+of+ecclesiastics
21Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council — is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons of the United Kingdom or House of Lords.The Privy Council was formerly a powerful institution, but… …
22Vatican Council — • The twentieth and up to 1912, the last ecumenical council, opened on 8 December, 1869, and adjourned on 20 October, 1870 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vatican Council Vatican Council …
23Second Council of the Lateran — Ecumenical council council name=Second Council of the Lateran council date=1139 accepted by=Roman Catholicism previous=First Council of the Lateran next=Third Council of the Lateran convoked by=Pope Innocent II presided by=Pope Innocent II… …
24Plenary council (Catholicism) — A plenary council, in the Roman Catholic Church, is a term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods, used when those summoned represent the whole number of bishops of some given territory. The word itself, derived from the Latin… …
25Plenary Council — • A canonical term applied to various kinds of ecclesiastical synods. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plenary Council Plenary Council …
26Second Council of Constantinople — Second Council of Constantinople † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Second Council of Constantinople (FIFTH GENERAL COUNCIL). This council was held at Constantinople (5 May 2 June, 553), having been called by Emperor Justinian. It was… …
27Fourth Lateran Council — Fourth Lateran Council (1215) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Fourth Lateran Council (1215) From the commencement of his reign Innocent III had purposed to assemble an ecumenical council, but only towards the end of his pontificate could he …
28Second Lateran Council — Second Lateran Council (1139) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Second Lateran Council (1139) The death of Pope Honorius II (February, 1130) was followed by a schism. Petrus Leonis (Pierleoni), under the name of Anacletus II, for a long time… …
29Frankfort, Council of — • Convened in the summer of 794, by the grace of God, authority of the pope, and command of Charlemagne (can. 1), and attended by the bishops of the Frankish kingdom, Italy, and the province of Aquitania, and even by ecclesiastics from England… …
30VATICAN COUNCIL — a Church council attended by 764 ecclesiastics under the auspices of Pius IX., which assembled on December 8, 1869, and by a majority of nearly 481 decreed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility …
