http://www.evansville.edu:80/~ecoleweb/documents.html#council
Councils of the Church:
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Local Council of Carthage, 257:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Nic?a, 325: Repudiated Arianism, proclaimed
the Son of one essence with the Father, fixed the date of Pascha.
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Local Council at Ankara, 315:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation --- CCEL
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Local Council of Neoc?sarea, 315:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation --- CCEL
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Local Council of Gangra, 325-381:
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Local Council of Antioch in Enc?niis, 341
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Local Council of Sardica, 343:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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Local Council of Laodicea in Phrygia Pacatiana, 343-381:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation --- CCEL
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SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Constantinople, 381: Completed the Nicene
Creed; defended the divinity of the Holy Spirit, opposing Macedonius.
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Local Council of Constantinople, 394:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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Local Council of Carthage, 419:
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Canons:
Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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THIRD ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Ephesus, 431: Declared the Virgin Mary to
be Theotokos, opposing Nestorius. Also opposed Pelagianism and other heresies.
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Acts of the Council (excerpts): Schaff-Wace
translation (CCEL);
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Canons:
--- CCEL
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Letters of Cyril of Alexandria:
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FOURTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Chalcedon, 451: Declared Christ to have two
natures, contrary to Eutyches. This Council is rejected by the Non-Chalcedonian
Orthodox, who however also oppose Eutychian Monophysitism. The Latin text
of Council documents differs from the Greek.
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Local Council of Orange, 529:
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FIFTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Constantinople, 553: Condemned Origen and
the Three Chapters.
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Local Council of Toledo, 675:
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Symbol
of Faith (This statement contributed greatly to the Filioque controversy.)
--- MSBP
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SIXTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Constantinople, 680-681: Proclaimed that Christ
had two wills.
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The Quinsext Council "in Trullo", Constantinople, 692:
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SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Nic?a, 787:
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Acts,
extracts: Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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Dogmatic Decree and Anathemas:
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Canons:
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Sacra:
Schaff-Wace translation. --- CCEL
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Local Council which Condemned Photius, Constantinople, 869: (Rejected
by Eastern Orthodox)
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Councils of the Western Church After 1054 CE:
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Lateran Council I, 1123: Dealt with Lay Investiture, the Crusades, ...
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Canons:
Tanner translation. --- St. Michael's Depot
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Lateran Council II, 1139: Dealt with Arnold of Brescia's attempt to
refound the Roman Republic, and with his theological views.
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Canons: Tanner
translation. --- St. Michael's Depot
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Lateran Council III, 1179: Dealt with Albigensianism and Waldensianism,
among other matters.
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Lateran Council IV, : Dealt with Joachim of Fiore, with the Eastern
Orthodox and the Eastern Rite, with Albigensianism, with Judaism, and with
many canonical issues:
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First Council of Lyons, 1245: Deposed and excommunicated Frederick II
and called for a Crusade under Louis IX of France against both the Muslims
and the Mongols.
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Second Council of Lyons, 1274: Attempted re-union of Eastern and Western
Churches, added the filioque to the Creed, and regulated papal election
procedures.
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Council of Vienne, 1311-13: Among other matters, dealt with alleged
heresies of the Knights Templar, and with the suppression of heretical
sects like the Beguines.
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Council of Constance, (early XV Century): (Some of the decrees of this
council were annulled later on.)
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Council of Basle, Ferara, and Florence, 1430s: An attempt to reform
the Church and to reunify East and West; the great Byzantine theologian
Mark of Ephesus was present, and later led Eastern opposition to the reunion.
The Council also dealt with the Hussite Protestant state in Bohemia: