Meanings
nounecumenical council (plural ecumenical councils)
plural ecumenical councils · alternative oecumenical council · alternative œcumenical council
- ChristianityA 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
Origin
- Ecclesiastical Latinoecūmenicum concilium
- Englishecumenical council
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.
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Arabic مَجْمَع مَسْكُونِيّ
- مَجْمَع مَسْكُونِيّ (majmaʕ maskūniyy)universal church council
French concile œcuménique
- concile œcuméniqueuniversal church council
German ökumenisches Konzil
- ökumenisches Konziluniversal church council
Hungarian egyetemes zsinat
- egyetemes zsinatuniversal church council
Latin concilium oecūmenicum
- concilium oecūmenicumuniversal church council
Polish sobór powszechny
- sobór powszechnyuniversal church council
Romanian conciliu ecumenic
- conciliu ecumenicuniversal church council
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