Ecumenical council

1.) Idealistic and spiritual motives were in fact at work. Doing penance for one's sins was a powerful spiritual factor. An especially powerful motive was the religious aura of Jerusalem, which had been a popular pilgrimage site for Christians. The popes of the Gregorian Reform delegated shedding blood to the laity. The Crusades were military expeditions launched against unbelieving Muslims and heretics. 2.) Pope Innocent III believed he could intervene in political affairs when moral or…

consubstantial with the Father.” -St Athanasius of Alexandria. The heresy was responsible for the Greatest doctrinal crisis that the Church would have to deal with until the 16th Century. Emperor Constantine called a bishops from all over to form the First Council of Nicaea, which fought against Arius’s beliefs.They made the original Nicene Creed of 325, it explained the relationship between the Father and the Son. It states that he, Christ, is one with the Father which makes his divinity true.…

This general association is marked by 65 separate synods of faith and practices. Each of these 65 synods, establish their own bishop, and council of overseers to govern their spiritual…

kissing, bowing in front of them, and lighting candles—these Christians are iconophiles (icon lovers). Icons were venerated in the early church, and there were no councils that either promoted or rejected this practice, but there was resistance to it. Some people thought it could be idolatrous. In the fourth century AD, the Council of Elvira in Spain criticized the devotion of icons as too excessive. The bishop Basil of Caesarea supported the practice of devotion to icons because it gave…

centuries. Several councils came together to determine which of these views was correct or was well-based. The councils with the major Christological perspectives were the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Chalcedon. Each of these councils had a different view of Christ and how He is part of the Trinity with the Holy Spirit and the Father. The councils came to different conclusions as to why they thought their Christological perspective was correct. The decisions of the councils also…

The reading over these past few weeks covered a pretty expansive timeline. Starting in 1534 with the founding of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on to The Council of Trent in 1545, and through the issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic…

The Council of Trent finally began, in the northern Italian city of Trent. The Council held a number of meetings, with the three main sessions occurring in 1545–7, 1551–2, and 1562–3 by Pope Paul III. It was the most important movement of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church’s first significant reply to the growing Protestant Reformation. The primary purpose of the Council was to condemn and refute the beliefs of the Protestants, such as Martin Luther, and also to make the set…

with members of other denomination. There I goodness in other religion and therefore, they can learn from the others as well.’ Lumen Gentium’ one of the document in the second Vatican council insist on this aspect of respect for non-Catholics. For example, in Cameroon, the main stream churches have what call ecumenical week. It’s a week to prayer together as a family. This is advantageous because it promotes dialogue and unity. For inclusivism, non-Christians can also obtain salvation. Though…

Established in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Barry University's development during the time has been molded by their center qualities. Initially established as Barry College for Women, Barry has developed into a coeducational college that is one of the main places for instruction in South Florida. In the Catholic scholarly custom, combination of study, reflection and activity educate the scholarly life. Unwavering to this custom, a Barry training and college experience foster…

chose to part the Hapsburg Spanish and Holy Roman terrains between his child, Philip II, and his brother, Ferdinand I. Charles was the principle driving force behind the Council of Trent, a general Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church that met somewhere around 1545 and 1563 in various separate and unpredictable sessions. The Council of Trent predictably detailed the official reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation; the measures conceded to are referred to aggregately…