Thus the whole condition of things became altered; and the calling together of an Ecumenical Council--a very simple affair in the infancy of the Church--was becoming daily more and more difficult.
Therefore, those wander from the right path of truth who affirm that it is lawful to appeal from the judgments of the Roman Pontiffs to an Ecumenical Council, as to an authority superior to the Roman Pontiff.
An ecumenical council summoned by him at Constantinople in 553 accepted a formula of belief upon which he hoped both orthodox and monophysites could unite.
This was followed in 325 by the first universal orecumenical council of the whole Christian church which met at Nicaea to decide upon the orthodoxy of the teachings of Arius of Alexandria.
Council of Lateran, in 1512, pass for an ecumenical council.
Nestorius demands an ecumenical council, and obtains it.
An Ecumenical Council, representing the Church, had previously been the infallible head of the Church; now the Pope was substituted for the Council.
He summoned an Ecumenical Council to meet at the city of Constance, on the Lake of Constance, to judge the schismatic quarrel and to consider the general state of the Church.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ecumenical council" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
