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  1     I, 1   |            should meet together in a council to discuss their common
  2     I, 1   |        Church. It believes that the ~council is the chief organ whereby
  3     I, 1   |            means both ~.church. and .council.). In the Church there is
  4     I, 1   |          sacramental communion. In a council, this idea of harmony and
  5     I, 1   |           out in practice. In a true council no single member arbitrarily
  6     I, 1   |          achieve a .common mind.. ~A council is a living embodiment of
  7     I, 1   |              the Church. ~ The first council in the Church.s history
  8     I, 1   |                but when gathered in ~council, the members of the Church
  9     I, 1   |            of ~them possesses. ~ The Council of Jerusalem, assembling
 10     I, 1   |             is no parallel until the Council of Nicaea in 325. But by ~
 11     I, 1   |            the Roman Empire. A local council of this type normally met
 12     I, 1   |             apart from the Apostolic Council) there had only been local
 13     I, 1   |             extent, but no .general. council, formed of bishops from
 14     I, 2,1 |          first General or Ecumenical Council of the Christian ~Church
 15     I, 2,1 |           was the duty of the Nicene Council ~to elaborate the content
 16     I, 2,1 |             At the conclusion of the Council the bishops dined with ~
 17     I, 2,1 |              Constantinople, and the Council of ~Nicaea . mark the Church.
 18     I, 2,2 |  Monophysitism, Monothelitism). Each Council defended this affir-~mation.
 19     I, 2,2 |          single person. The seventh ~Council, in defense of the Holy
 20     I, 2,2 |                 The main work of the Council of Nicaea in 325 was the
 21     I, 2,2 |             Christ is truly God, the Council answered, can He ~unite
 22     I, 2,2 |              God from true God,. the Council proclaimed in the ~Creed
 23     I, 2,2 |              with the Father.. ~ The Council of Nicaea dealt also with
 24     I, 2,2 |             by the second Ecumenical Council, held at Constantin-~ople
 25     I, 2,2 |        Constantin-~ople in 381. This Council expanded and adapted the
 26     I, 2,2 |           to-~gether glorified.. The Council also altered the provisions
 27     I, 2,2 |          controversial aspect of the Council.s work lay in its third
 28     I, 2,2 |            and not until the Lateran Council (1215) did the Pope formally
 29     I, 2,2 |      Nestorius, at the third General Council, held in Ephesus (431).
 30     I, 2,2 |             Cyril, ~supported by the Council, answered with the text .
 31     I, 2,2 |          another victory at a second Council held in Ephesus in 449,
 32     I, 2,2 |       regarded as the fourth General Council. ~The pendulum now swung
 33     I, 2,2 |            Antiochene direction. The Council reacted strongly against ~
 34     I, 2,2 |         recognized its validity. The Council also freed Jerusalem from ~
 35     I, 2,2 |          granted independence by the Council of Ephesus and has remained
 36     I, 2,2 |            right to attend a General Council, to speak, and to cast his
 37     I, 2,2 |              decrees ~of the Vatican Council of 1870, and taught today
 38     I, 2,2 | Constantinople. The fifth Ecumenical Council (553) reinterpreted the
 39     I, 2,2 |        person. The sixth Ecumenical ~Council (680-681) condemned the
 40     I, 2,2 |              has ~only one will. The Council replied that if He has two
 41     I, 2,2 |             the meeting of the sixth Council, Byzantium was faced with
 42     I, 2,3 |        Christ did not cease with the Council of 681, but were ~extended
 43     I, 2,3 |         seventh and last ~Ecumenical Council (787), which met (as the
 44     I, 2,3 |          done) at Nicaea. Icons, the Council pro-~claimed, are to be
 45     I, 2,3 |            of the seventh Ecumenical Council, the ~Triumph of Orthodoxy
 46     I, 2,3 |            to ~see an eighth General Council, in which the evils of the
 47     I, 2,4 |           time of the second General Council: ~ ~The whole city is full
 48     I, 2,4 |              the bishops gathered in council to decide what the true
 49     I, 3,1 |              the seventh ~Ecumenical Council. It is true that Charlemagne
 50     I, 3,1 |              Pope ~alone, but with a Council representing all the bishops
 51     I, 3,1 |     honorable seat ~at an Ecumenical Council. But she has separated herself
 52     I, 3,1 |           the filioque at the third ~Council of Toledo (589), if not
 53     I, 3,1 |       adopted at the semi-Iconoclast Council ~of Frankfort (794). It
 54     I, 3,1 |             an-~ 26~other Ecumenical Council is competent to make it.
 55     I, 3,2 |        inviting them to preside at a council in Constantinople, which
 56     I, 3,2 |        together with the rest of the council they ~decided that Photius
 57     I, 3,2 |              case himself at Rome: a council held under his presidency
 58     I, 3,2 |            down in ~Canon III of the Council of Sardica (343). This Canon
 59     I, 3,2 |            his letter by summoning a council to Constantinople, which
 60     I, 3,2 |         restored. In 869-870 another Council was held at Con-~stantinople,
 61     I, 3,2 |           known as the .Anti-Photian Council,. which condemned and anathematized
 62     I, 3,2 |           the decisions of 867. This Council, later reckoned in the west
 63     I, 3,2 |            as the eighth Ecumenical ~Council, opened with the unimpressive
 64     I, 3,2 |          changes to come. The 869-70 Council requested the Emperor to
 65     I, 3,2 |        Patriarch. In 879 yet another council was held ~in Constantinople,
 66     I, 3,2 |            ten years previously. The Council of 869 was anathematized
 67     I, 3,3 |             the ~Churches. A reunion Council was held at Lyons in 1274.
 68     I, 3,3 |              general reaction to the Council of Lyons was summed up in
 69     I, 3,3 |           and the seventh Ecumenical Council. ~ Among the contemporaries
 70     I, 3,3 |         Church. ~ ~ A second reunion Council was held at Florence in
 71     I, 3,3 |              Orthodox present at the Council except one . Mark, Archbishop ~
 72     I, 3,3 |             home. The decrees of the Council were never accepted by more
 73     I, 4,3 |          later the Greeks after the ~Council of Florence made the same
 74     I, 5,2 |        according to ~plan. In 1596 a council was summoned at Brest-Litovsk
 75     I, 5,2 |            Rite.. The decrees of the Council of Florence formed the basis
 76     I, 5,2 |            of the Roman party at the Council ~of Brest, so that from
 77     I, 5,2 |               It was approved by the Council of Jassy in Romania (1642), ~
 78     I, 5,2 |            be adopted by an official Council of the Orthodox Church.
 79     I, 5,2 |              ratified in 1672 by the Council of Jerusalem (also known
 80     I, 5,2 |         Jerusalem (also known as the Council of Bethlehem), answers ~
 81     I, 5,2 |       attacked on this issue, ~but a Council at Constantinople in 1819
 82     I, 6,1 |             the Metropolitan. At the Council of Florence the Metro-~politan
 83     I, 6,1 |          years. Eventually in 1448 a council of Russian bishops proceeded
 84     I, 6,1 |            fallen into heresy at the Council of Florence, and as a ~punishment
 85     I, 6,1 |            into the open at a Church council in 1503. ~As this council
 86     I, 6,1 |            council in 1503. ~As this council drew to its close, Saint
 87     I, 6,1 |     landholding. The majority of the Council supported Joseph; but there
 88     I, 6,2 |           the Tsar.s request a great Council was held at Mos-~cow in
 89     I, 6,2 |            and Antioch presided. The Council ~decided in favor of Nicon.
 90     I, 6,2 |          appointed in his place. The Council was therefore a triumph
 91     I, 6,2 |        Patriarch above the Tsar. The Council reasserted the Byzantine
 92     I, 6,2 |              decisions of the Moscow Council upon the relations ref Church
 93     I, 6,3 |         power, an All-Russian Church Council was convened at Moscow, ~
 94     I, 6,3 |              the ~bishops alone. The Council carried through a far-reaching
 95     I, 6,3 |           work of reform. Before the Council came to a close in the ~
 96     I, 7,3 |     Christians in Egypt rejected the Council ~of Chalcedon. Today there
 97     I, 7,7 |        Cyprus~ independent since the Council of Ephesus (431), has at
 98     I, 7,9 |        national ~groups. In 1954 the Council of Eastern Orthodox Youth
 99     I, 7,9 |           participation in the World Council of Churches has played its
100     I, 7,9 |            does it require the World Council of Churches to bring us
101     I, 7,9 |      contemplated gathering a .Great Council. of the whole Orthodox Church,
102     I, 7,9 |          prepare the agenda for ~the Council. A preliminary Inter-Orthodox
103     I, 7,9 |             the agenda of the .Great Council,. when and if it eventually
104    II, 0,11|              bishops remarked at the Council of Carthage in 257:‘The~
105    II, 0,12|          icon of Christ, the Seventh Council laying down~that the Holy
106    II, 0,12|         definitions of an Ecumenical Council are infallible. Thus in
107    II, 0,12|          proclaimed by an Ecumenical Council. Orthodox honour the Apostles’
108    II, 0,12|          with the Seventh~Ecumenical Council. Since 787 there have been
109    II, 0,12|         infallible, those of a Local Council or an individual bishop
110    II, 0,12|          statements of an Ecumenical Council). The doctrinal decisions
111    II, 0,12|           decisions of an Ecumenical Council~cannot be revised or corrected,
112    II, 0,12|        revised form (ratified by the Council~of Jassy, 1642)~9 The Confession
113    II, 0,12|           Dositheus (ratified by the Council of Jerusalem, 1672)~10 The
114    II, 0,12|            When and if a~new General Council of the Church is assembled,
115    II, 2,1 |        bishops and of the Ecumenical~Council; where Rome stresses Papal
116    II, 2,1 |            emphasis~upon Councils. A council is an expression of the
117    II, 2,1 |           the~many bishops assembled council freely reach a common mind
118    II, 2,2 |              hold another Ecumenical Council, equal in authority to~the
119    II, 2,2 |              chosen to summon such a Council; but this does not mean
120    II, 2,2 |              understand what makes a Council Ecumenical, we must consider
121    II, 2,3 |              nature of an Ecumenical Council. The laity are guardians
122    II, 2,3 |           although they may attend a council and take an active part
123    II, 2,3 |             the moment comes for the council to make a formal~proclamation
124    II, 2,3 |     gathering is truly an Ecumenical Council and therefore that its decrees
125    II, 2,3 |           example,~or the Iconoclast Council of Hieria in 754, or Florence
126    II, 2,3 |            for determining whether a council is ecumenical?~This is a
127    II, 2,3 |              what it is that makes a council ecumenical is not so~clear.
128    II, 2,3 |           how one can know whether a council is ecumenical, Khomiakov
129    II, 2,3 |         clear and straightforward: a council cannot be~considered ecumenical
130    II, 2,3 |            and proclaim the truth in council; but these definitions must
131    II, 2,3 |            that the voice of a given council~has truly been the voice
132    II, 2,3 |            89).~At a true Ecumenical Council the bishops recognize what
133    II, 2,3 |      determines the ecumenicity~of a council: ‘An ‘Ecumenical’ Council
134    II, 2,3 |            council: ‘An ‘Ecumenical’ Council is such, not because accredited
135    II, 2,3 |            51).~The ecumenicity of a council cannot be decided by outward
136    II, 2,3 |             to summon an ‘Ecumenical~Council’ ... it is also necessary
137    II, 2,4 |              by the third Ecumenical Council (Ephesus, 431), the~second
138    II, 2,4 |              by the fifth Ecumenical Council (Constantinople, 553). (
139    II, 2,4 |      Christology.~The Fathers of the Council of Ephesus insisted on calling
140    II, 3,1 |           century,~when attacking he Council of Florence, should find
141    II, 3,2 |              of the first ecumenical Council forbids all kneeling on
142    II, 4,3 |             with great emphasis by a Council of Constantinople in 1156 (
143    II, 4,5 |             still exists. The Moscow Council of 1917-18 laid down~that
144    II, 4,7 |           here by the second Vatican Council); thus the first aspect
145    II, 6,2 |           definitions of the Vatican Council~of 1870 concerning the supreme
146    II, 6,2 |           Church reckons the Vatican Council as ecumenical and so is
147    II, 6,2 |              that the second Vatican Council has issued a dogmatic~statement
148    II, 6,2 |             withdrawn by the Vatican Council in Rome and the Holy~Synod
149    II, 6,2 |          from Rome after~the Vatican Council of 1870 should have entered
150    II, 6,2 |          positive results.~The World Council of Churches. In the Orthodox
151    II, 6,2 |          attitudes~towards the World Council of Churches and the ‘Ecumenical
152    II, 6,2 |            take no part in the World Council (or at the most send observers
153    II, 6,2 |              the nature of the~World Council of Churches. Orthodox, by
154    II, 6,2 |       Central Committee of the World~Council) carefully pointed out: ‘
155    II, 6,2 |              Membership in the World Council does not imply the acceptance~
156    II, 6,2 |               Amsterdam, 1948 (World Council of Churches): Constantinople,
157    II, 6,2 |      Russians.~Evanston, 1954 (World Council of Churches): Constantinople,
158    II, 6,2 |               New Delhi, 1961 (World Council of Churches): Constantinople,
159    II, 6,2 |         America~Uppsala, 1968 (World Council of Churches): Constantinople,
160    II, 6,2 |            as delegates to the World Council, though this decision~was
161    II, 6,2 |           participation in the World Council.~This resolution stated
162    II, 6,2 |              membership of the World Council and was accepted; and this
163    II, 6,2 |             which prevents the World Council of Churches from appearing~
164    II, 7,2 |      Cambridge, 1948.~• J. Gill, The Council of Florence, Cambridge,