ecumenical council
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1. (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | council, |
| definition | : | (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | first council of nicaea, nicaea, |
| definition | : | the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | council of ephesus, ephesus, |
| definition | : | the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | chalcedon, council of chalcedon, |
| definition | : | the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | nicaea, second council of nicaea, |
| definition | : | the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images (noun.group) |
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