[DOC] [TLE] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: General Councils - New Advent [PAR] Definition; Classification; Historical Sketch; The Pope and General Councils ... It 
ranks as Ecumenical because its decrees were ultimately received in the West 
also. ... A peculiar kind of council used to be held at Constantinople, it consisted 
of ... been summoned were regularly styled plenary, general, or universal synods. [DOC] [TLE] Catholic Essentials - The Magisterium [PAR] Defined as "the Church's divinely appointed authority to teach the truths of 
religion". ... 2) Ordinary Magisterium: this second form of Church teaching is 
continually ... either in solemn judgment or in its ordinary and universal teaching 
office, as ... 1870); "For this reason the Fathers of the Vatican Council laid down 
nothing new,... [DOC] [TLE] Ecumenical council - Wikipedia [PAR] An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and 
theological experts .... The council is not numbered because it was not convened 
by a pope and its outcome ... First Council of the Vatican (1870) defined pope's 
primacy in church .... Behind them, however, stands the universal authority of the 
Holy and... [DOC] [TLE] Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia [PAR] The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council addressed relations between the 
Catholic Church ... In various discussions before the Council actually convened, 
John XXIII often said ... Pope John XXIII opened the Council on 11 October 1962 
in a public session ..... A new approach to interpretation was approved by the 
bishops. [DOC] [TLE] Roman Catholic (term) - Wikipedia [PAR] The term "Roman Catholic" appeared in the English language at the beginning of 
the 17th ... The word catholic, meaning "universal", was first applied the Christian 
.... used on its own to refer to individuals, and in compound forms to refer to 
worship, ..... Pope Benedict XVI called the Church "the Roman Catholic Church" 
at a... [DOC] [TLE] Papal infallibility - Wikipedia [PAR] Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the 
promise of ... This doctrine was defined dogmatically in the First Vatican Council 
of .... James Gibbons's recounting how the pope mistakenly called him Jibbons. 
.... saying that the doctrine of papal infallibility defined at Vatican I had its origins... [DOC] [TLE] Catechism of the Catholic Church - Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity ... [PAR] In order to shepherd the People of God and to increase its numbers without 
cease, ... 882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, "is the perpetual 
and visible ... over the universal Church in a solemn manner in an ecumenical 
council. ..... Religious life in its various forms is called to signify the very charity of 
God in... [DOC] [TLE] Lumen gentium - La Santa Sede [PAR] POPE PAUL VI ... This it intends to do following faithfully the teaching of previous 
councils. ... and, in the sacrament of the eucharistic bread, the unity of all 
believers who form one ... All men are called to this union with Christ, who is the 
light of the world, from ... The mystery of the holy Church is manifest in its very 
foundation. [DOC] [TLE] What Are Extraordinary Magisterium and Ordinary Magisterium ... [PAR] One is called the Extraordinary Magisterium, and the other is called Ordinary 
Magisterium. The word magisterium is from the Latin word magister meaning 
teacher, so the ... (General) Council is convened, presided over, and approved by 
the pope, and ... because they involve the solemn, full, and universal papal 
authority. [DOC] [TLE] Third Council of Constantinople : 680-681 AD - Papal Encyclicals ... [PAR] It immediately called itself an ecumenical council. ... The doctrinal conclusions of 
the council were defined in the 17th session and ... of impiety, this holy and 
universal synod of ours has also, in its turn, under God's inspiration, set its seal .... 
according to the godly-speaking Leo, who says most clearly: "For each form does 
in a... [DOC] [TLE] How Did the Catholic Church Get Her Name? - EWTN.com [PAR] It is not, by the way, properly called the Roman Catholic Church

Question: Meaning "universal", it's a type of council convoked by the Pope
Answer: Ecumenical