An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts (i.e. bishops, theologians, etc.) that are officially assembled. The purpose is to discuss and make policy concerning Church doctrine and practices. The word "ecumenical" is derived from a Greek term which literally means "the inhabited world.”
The purpose of the Council of Vienne was to settle the affair of the Knights of Templars, to advance the rescue of the Holy Land, and to reform certain practices in the Church. The doctrinal decrees of the Council were: condemnation that the soul is not "in itself the essentially the form of the human body"; that sanctifying grace is infused into the soul at baptism; and denial that a perfect man is not …show more content…
This was stated in The Bull of Suppression "Vox clamantis" dated 22 March, 1312. Clement V decreed,
“Therefore, with a sad heart, not by definitive sentence, but by apostolic provision or ordinance, we suppress, with the approval of the sacred council, the order of Templars, and its rule, habit and name, by an inviolable and perpetual decree, and we entirely forbid that anyone from now on enter the order, or receive or wear its habit, or presume to behave as a Templar. If anyone acts otherwise, he incurs automatic excommunication.” The Council also addressed the further defense of Holy Land. But as a result of Philip IV’s non-committal intention, the next crusade never took place.
As for the pastoral issues, Pope John XXII in October 1317, along with other decrees of Clement V (who died before these decrees were promulgated) issued the Clementines, "Corpus Juris Canonici." These decrees issued included addressing the meanings of poverty vows taken by the minor order of the Franciscans, as well as other practices of religious orders and third order
The purpose of the Council of Vienne was to settle the affair of the Knights of Templars, to advance the rescue of the Holy Land, and to reform certain practices in the Church. The doctrinal decrees of the Council were: condemnation that the soul is not "in itself the essentially the form of the human body"; that sanctifying grace is infused into the soul at baptism; and denial that a perfect man is not …show more content…
This was stated in The Bull of Suppression "Vox clamantis" dated 22 March, 1312. Clement V decreed,
“Therefore, with a sad heart, not by definitive sentence, but by apostolic provision or ordinance, we suppress, with the approval of the sacred council, the order of Templars, and its rule, habit and name, by an inviolable and perpetual decree, and we entirely forbid that anyone from now on enter the order, or receive or wear its habit, or presume to behave as a Templar. If anyone acts otherwise, he incurs automatic excommunication.” The Council also addressed the further defense of Holy Land. But as a result of Philip IV’s non-committal intention, the next crusade never took place.
As for the pastoral issues, Pope John XXII in October 1317, along with other decrees of Clement V (who died before these decrees were promulgated) issued the Clementines, "Corpus Juris Canonici." These decrees issued included addressing the meanings of poverty vows taken by the minor order of the Franciscans, as well as other practices of religious orders and third order