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1Council of Chalcedon — Council of Chalcedon † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Chalcedon The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November inclusive, at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Its principal purpose was to… …
2Council 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… …
3Council 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 …
4Council 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 …
5Council 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… …
6Council of Frankfort — Council of Frankfort † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Frankfort 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,… …
7Council of Aranda — Council of Aranda † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Aranda Held at Aranda in the province of Burgos in Spain, in 1473, by Alfonso Carillo, Archbishop of Toledo, to overcome the ignorance and evil lives of ecclesiastics. Among the… …
8Council of Avranches — Council of Avranches † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Avranches In 1172 (September 27 28) a Council was held at Avranches in France, apropos of the troubles caused in the English Church by the murder of St. Thomas Becket. Henry II …
9Council of Agde — Council of Agde † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Agde Held in 506 at Agatha or Agde in Languedoc, under the presidency of St. Caesarius of Arlos. It was attended by thirty five bishops, and its forty seven genuine canons deal with …
10Council of Reims (1148) — A Portugese statue of Eugene III, who called the council In 1148, a Council of Reims was called by Pope Eugene III to consider a number of regulations, or canons, for the Church, as well as to debate some other issues. Originally the summons for… …
