Early Church Councils

From the dawn of the Church to the year 1500, many Church councils were held to iron out and define dogma and doctrine, setting Christianity on its path into the future.

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First Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I

Nicene Creed

0381-05-01 00:00:00

Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople I

Divine Nature of the Holy Spirit

0431-06-22 00:00:00

Third Ecumenical Council: Ephesus

Mary, Mother of God

0451-10-08 00:00:00

Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon

Two Natures of Christ

0553-05-05 00:00:00

Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople II

"Three Chapters" of the Nestorians Condemned

0680-11-07 00:00:00

Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III

Two Wills of Christ

0787-09-24 00:00:00

Seventh Ecumenical Council: Nicaea II

Veneration of Icons and Saints

0869-10-05 00:00:00

Eighth Ecumenical Council

no dogmatic decisions

1123-03-18 00:00:00

Ninth Ecumenical Council: Lateran I

Confirmed the Concordat of Worms

1139-04-01 00:00:00

Tenth Ecumenical Council: Lateran II

Denounced Anacletus II

1179-03-05 00:00:00

Eleventh Ecumenical Council: Lateran III

Two-Thirds Majority Vote of Cardinals To Elect Pope

1215-11-11 00:00:00

Twelfth Ecumenical Council: Lateran IV

Defined the Doctrine of Transubstantiation

1245-06-28 00:00:00

Thirteenth Ecumenical Council: Lyons I

Deposition of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II

1272-05-07 00:00:00

Fourteenth Ecumenical Council: Lyons II

Confirmed Union with the Greeks

1311-10-16 00:00:00

Fifteenth Ecumenical Council: Vienne

Abolition of the Order of Templars

1414-11-05 00:00:00

Sixteenth Ecumenical Council: Constance

Ended the Schism of the Western Church

1431-07-01 00:00:00

Seventeenth Ecumenical Council: Basel-Ferrara-Florence

Union with the Greeks, Armenians and Jacobites

Early Church Councils

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