The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-12-31
General Councils of the Roman Cath
lie Church.

In view of the Ecumenical or Gen
aral Council of the Roman Catholic
Church now convened at Rome, the
following list of the General Councils
that have been held, ard the reason
for which they were convened, is OF
interest:
The first General Council was that
of Nice, held in 325, for the purpose
of reiuting the heresies of Arius, who
asserted that Christ was inferior to
His Father.
The second General Council was
held at g nstantinople, A d, 3Sl, to
refute the errors of Macedonius, who
asserted that the Holy Ghost was not
one of the three Divine persons.
The third General Council was
held at Ephesus in 43l, concerning
the heresy of Nestorius, who asserted
that the Blessed Virgin should not be
called the Mother OF God.
The fourth General Council met at
Chalcedon in 45l, TO decide on the
doctrine of Entiches, who denied the
humanity of Christ
The fifth General Council was held
at CoIstantinOple in 553- 1. con
demned the heresy OF Origen, who
asserted that the Holy Ghost is moth
ing more than divine energy of power
of acting, DC. -
The sixth General Council met at
Constantinople in $50. 1t condemn
ed the doctrine of the MonothOlites.
The seventh General Council met
at Nice in 7S7, to denounce the impi.
ETY. and heresy OF the Iconoclasts
who opposed the veneration OF i'm
ages.
The eighth General Council met a;
Constantinople in 800, and confirmed
the reverence of images and Other
regulations OF the Church.
The ninth General Council and the
first Lstersn met 1l26.
The tenth General Council and the
second Lateran met 1889. This
council among other matters, con-
demned the acts of Arnold at Bres
cIa.
4 The eleventh General Council also
, met in the Lateran, 1197. This
council ordained that the right of vot
ing for a new POntiff should from
that time forward belong exclusively
to the College of Cardinals.
The twelfth General Council alsC
met in the Lateran, 12l5. Thi;
council, among other matters, gave
its consent to seventy chapters drawn
up by the Pope, who presided at it
The thirteenth General Counci
met at Lyons in 1245. Its objee'
was that of deposlng in the Emperor
/, Frederick. 1t also treated of three
other subjects: First-The assisting
OF the Empire of ConstantinOpla
against the Turks; second-Ger
many against the Tartars; and third
The Holy Land against the Sar
acens.
The fourteenth General Council
met at Lyons, 1874, for the purpose
among other things, of re-nniiing th'
Greek Church.
The fifteenth General Council me-
at Vienna, 1911, for the purpose o
suppressing the Order OF Knight'
Templars and tie doctrine of thi
: Brethren and Sisters Of the Fre'
Spirit,' a German institution con
= demned.
The sixteenth General Council wa:
! that Of Constance, which assembled
in 14l4, on account of dispte tina
existed in the selection OF Pope
: there being no less than three claim
ants for the holy Office.
The seveHteeth General Council !:
known as that of Ferraro and Flor
ence. Its object was the reunion o
the Latin aud Greek Churches.
TIE eighteenth General Council
was the Council Of Trent, which wa
convoked in 1915 by Pope Paul III
to refute the heresies of Luther
| Calvin Zainglus.