oecumenical
Britishadjective
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The council of Pisa in 1409: it is not reverenced as an oecumenical one; it nevertheless, in deposing.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
Council of Nice, 1st oecumenical, in 325 34.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
He attended the second oecumenical council held at Constantinople in 381, where he was received with grateful acclamations for his sufferings in defence of orthodoxy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
As neither the pope in Rome nor his rival in Avignon would give way, recourse was had to the idea that the supreme power was vested not in the pope but in the oecumenical council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
The council of Basle in 1431: theologians declare it oecumenical to its twenty-fifth session only; it held forty-five.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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