Ecumenical council

the Second Vatican Council as a whole and the scandal of sexual abuse by priests. However, I consider that the most significant event in this period of time was the whole new approach to Christian unity and interreligious dialogue by the Church in Vatican II. This new approach impacted the practice of the Catholic faith, continues to influence the Church today, and will be crucial in the development of doctrine and the practice of the faith in the future. The Second Vatican Council issued two…

I strongly believe that the Ecumenical Movements and Interfaith Dialogue are important in Australian society. As a result of World War II, Australia today has such a unique history that has formed the diversity of its peoples, their cultures and lifestyles. World War II also caused many; cultural, social, political and global movements which were all designed to generate unity and peace amongst dividing dominations and religious groups in Australia. These movements were all used to re-establish…

Constantinople by the turn of the 4th century. Emperor Constantine did his best to ensure its supremacy and unity under his command in particular by way of the results of the Council of Nicaea (325), the first of its kind, founding a uniform doctrine and church. Two things should be noted: a) That a large portion of this ecumenical council was dedicated not just to spell out one uniform doctrine the Nicene Creed but to fight and suppress the considerable influence of Arianism (Christ as a…

authority and used it unmercifully against straying church members, and against other bishops. The height of arrogance and assumed authority was in 1054 A.D. when Pope Leo IX issued the Bull of Excommunication against the Michael Ceruarius, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the Church of Holy Wisdom. We covered this church July 22 & 24, and the Greek Orthodox Church. The Greek Orthodox was not a part of the growing Roman Catholic church. However to show his authority Pope Leo IX. He…

Australia is a country that has been built on diversity. As a result of this the ecumenical movement have acted as links, connecting Australia to becoming a more secular society, promoting the restoration of the broken unity of Christian denominations (Weigel, 2011). This ecumenism has allowed for a greater understanding and cooperation to some degree as well as a greater sharing and recognition of similarities as indicated in the conference on faith order 1952, “act together in all matters…

Church, being rooted in Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy places great value on the doctrine and holds the Bible to be the sacred text. They use the Septuagint, or the Greek Old Testament. The movement also emphasizes the Creeds and the seven ecumenical councils. In fact, the church often refers to itself as…

With the success of the ecumenical movement in South Africa, one hopes the same pressure can be applied to the current apartheid arising in the United States. As addressed by Douglas Massey in his 1990 book American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass, the United States since 1970 has witnessed a dramatic increase in poverty along racial lines. The primary locations of poverty are occurring in segregated cities. After the Jim Crow laws ended in the 1960’s, blacks all around…

Salvador Dali Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory Metamorphosis of Narcissus The Ecumenical Council Surrealism was a time period that started in 1924 and ended in 1966. It scorned the idea of rationalism or writings of realism, and heavily used psychoanalysis. They had elements of primitivism and mythism as well as they went to treat the unconcious mind. They thought that rationality was a…

was currently known was too corrupt to remain sustainable. The way to end the apartheid required a complete disinvestment of the Western regime from South Africa. American capitalism had to die first. For this to come about, the WCC encouraged ecumenical organizations to put pressure on their local leaders both in the United States and across all Western empires. Until Occidentalism came to an end, the apartheid was continually being fed. Fortunately, the white consciousness grew tired of…

50, the first council of the church known as the Council of Jerusalem, convened a meeting to reconcile doctrinal differences concerning the Gentile mission. At this meeting, it was agreed that Gentiles could be accepted to Christianity without full adherence to Mosaic laws 2nd Century-Early Heresies In this century, the role of Bishops was to refute heresies. Christians began to deny both Christ’s divinity and humanity. Examples are; Doetism and Arianism. First ecumenical council settled…