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1Council of Pisa — Council of Pisa † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Pisa Preliminaries. The great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successful. Compromise or… …
2Council of Basle — Council of Basle † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Basle Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the… …
3Council of Trent — Council of Trent † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… …
4Council of Avignon — may refer to one of a number of councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in Avignon. Contents 1 Eleventh century 2 Thirteenth century 3 Fourteenth century 4 …
5council — /kown seuhl/, n. 1. an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice. 2. a body of persons specially designated or selected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity: the governor s… …
6Council of Pisa — Map showing support for Avignon (red) and Rome (blue) during the Western Schism; this breakdown is accurate until the Council of Pisa (1409), which created a third line of claimants. The Council of Pisa was an unrecognized ecumenical council of… …
7council — coun•cil [[t]ˈkaʊn səl[/t]] n. 1) an assembly of persons convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice 2) gov a body of persons appointed or elected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity: the governor s council on… …
8Constance, Council of — (1414–18) 16th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic church. It was convened at the request of Emperor Sigismund to deal with three competing popes, examine the writings of Jan Hus and John Wycliffe, and reform the Church. National political… …
9Second Council of Nicaea — The Second Council of Nicaea † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Second Council of Nicaea Seventh Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 787. (For an account of the controversies which occasioned this council and the… …
10Fifth Council of the Lateran — Ecumenical council|council name=Fifth Council of the Lateran council date=1512 1514 accepted by=Catholicism previous=Council of Basel Ferrara Florence next=Council of Trent convoked by=Pope Julius II presided by=Pope Julius II, Pope Leo X… …
