English Explanatory Dictionary

ecumenical council

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

ecumenical council ecumenical councils oecumenical council œcumenical council

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.

Related words

conciliarism episcopacy
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