Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-28

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GENERAL COUNCILS or THE ROMAs
CATHOLIC CHURcH-In view Of the
rapidly approaching Ecumenical, or Gen.
eral Council of the Roman Catholic
Church at Rome, the following list Of the
General Councils which have been held,
and the reasons for which they were con-
vened, il of interest:
l. The fret General Council was that Of
Nice, held in 325. for the purpose Of re-
fating the here=ies OF Arms, who as
serted that Christ was inferior to His
Father.
2. The second General Council was held
AT Constantinople, A. ID. 3s1. " refute the
errors Of Macedonins. who asserted that
the Holy Ghost was not one Of the three
divine persons.
3. The third General Council wa held
AZ Ephesus in 33I, concerning the heresy
If Nertorisus, who asserted that the
Blessed Virgin should not be called the
Mother If God.
4 The fourth General Council met a,
Chalcedon ia AL, % decide on the duo
trine of Entyahas. who denied the hum an
ity II Christ.
.. The fifth General Council wss held
At Constantinople IN BIB I, condemned
the heresy II OXYGEN, who asserted that
the Holy Gbest il nothing moro than
divine Energy or power II acting. etc.
e. The sixth General Councii met ~
COnstantipoplc, a. -. 60. II condctnpsd
the doctrine ~ the Nonotbslite~.
z. Tho seventh met at Nice, ISL, b, do
B0uDcs the inpiety aud b.f.sy 81 Tho
Ioonociasis, who opposed generation 81
images.
=. The eighth General Council met At
ConstantiDople, 500, aud confirmed the
reverence ~ imsges and other regulations
~ the church.
o. Tho ninth General Council and the
first Latsran met 1923.
10. The tenth General Council and the
second Lateran met 1l39. This Council,
among other matters, condemned the acts
Of Arnold at Brescia.
II. The eleventh General Council also
met in the Lateran 1897. This Council
ordained that the right Of voting for
new Pontif should from that time forward
belong exclusively to the College Of Car
dinals.
12 The twelfth also met in the Lateran
1915. This Council, among other matters,
gave its assent to seventy chapters drawn
up by the Pope, who pre-ided at il.
13. The thirteenth General Council met
at Lyons in l245. It's object was that OF
deposing the Emperor Frederick 1t also
treated Of three other subjects: First, the
assisting of the Emperor of Constantino-
pie against the Turks; second, Germany
against the Tartars; and third, the Holy
Land against the Saracens.
IA. The fourteenth General Council
met at Lyons 1874, for the purpose, among
other things, of reuniting the Greek
Church.
10 The fifteenth General Council met
at Vienna. 1911, for the purpose Of sup
pressing the Order Of knights Te,nplars,
and the doctrine of the Brethren and
Sisters of the Free Spirit" German in
stitution condemned
10. The sixteenth General Council was
that of Constance. which assembled 1il4,
on account Of dispute that existed In
the selection of Pope, there being at
that time no less than three claimants for
the holy Office.
II. The seventeenth General Council j.
known AZ that of Ferrara and Florence.
Its object was the reunion of the Latin
and Greek Churches.
18th. The eighteenth General Council
was the Council of Trent. which was con-
voked in 1925 by Pope Paul Ill. to refute
the heresies Of Luther, Calvin and Zuing-
hus