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ecumenical councilMeeting of church leaders worldwide to determine Christian doctrine; their results are binding on all church members. Seven such councils are accepted as ecumenical by both Eastern and Western churches, while the Roman Catholic Church accepts a further 14 as ecumenical. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Edinborough described himself as an "activist" in the Anglican Church of Canada, where he served as lay preacher, speaker and delegate to various ecumenical councils. What the liberals fail to realize is that the ecumenical councils enacted these strictures on episcopal boundaries in order to fence in and eliminate the heretical Arians This implies that the Roman Church would have to recognize that all its councils since 1054 have not been true ecumenical councils but rather local councils of the Western Church and thus not universally binding. |
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