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ecumenical councils

ecumenical councils is the plural of ecumenical council.

Meaning of ecumenical council

Noun

ecumenical council (plural ecumenical councils)

  1. A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
    • […] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council.2016, David S. Sorenson, An Introduction to the Modern Middle East: History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 80

Questions about ecumenical councils

What is ecumenical councils the plural of?
Ecumenical councils is the plural of ecumenical council.

Words near ecumenical councils in the dictionary

  1. ecumene
  2. ecumenes
  3. ecumenic
  4. ecumenical
  5. ecumenical council
  6. ecumenical councils
  7. ecumenical movement
  8. Ecumenical Patriarch
  9. Ecumenical Patriarchs
  10. ecumenicalism
  11. ecumenicality

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