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 1 Intro|        On the so-called "Eighth General Council" and subsequent
 2 Intro| described] "were all the lawful General Councils (lawful, I say,
 3 Intro|        that there are but Seven General Councils that the whole
 4 Intro|         have to be acknowledged general, they are not only rejected
 5 Intro|       the Grecians also, as not general, but patriarchal only, etc." ~
 6 Intro|    shared according to the more general belief by the six -- according
 7 Intro|         Nice, the number of the General Councils was still spoken
 8 Intro|     referred to as the "pseudo" General Council of Nice. Now at
 9 Intro|         of Six instead of Seven General Councils, but we would point
10 Intro|         regard to others of the General Councils. For example, St.
11 Intro|         of Nice, nor the eighth general synod;' he adds that they '
12 Intro|        it has a word which is a general word and is properly used
13 Intro|        proskunew has always its general meaning, sometimes applying
14 Intro|   outward acts of veneration in general. ~ ~Of course, the outward
15 1    |     have determined to summon a General Council. And we entreat
16 4    |          in bringing together a General Council of about 350 bishops
17 10   |    reception the Seventh of the General Councils met with in the
18 10   |        of "the faith of the Six General Councils." But it is evident
19 11   |         this point see Forster, General Preface to the Works of
20 11   |        as the Apostolic Sees in general are to be preferred to all
21 14   |        ON THE SO-CALLED "EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL" AND SUBSEQUENT
22 14   |        still mentioned the Four General Councils and compared them