Book Description
A succinct, up-to-date and chronological history of the 21 general councils, along with their major tasks, achievements and failures and their impact on their times.
Author : Christopher M. Bellitto
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809140190
A succinct, up-to-date and chronological history of the 21 general councils, along with their major tasks, achievements and failures and their impact on their times.
Author : Joseph F. Kelly
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814657036
There have been twenty-one universal gatherings 'ecumenical councils' of the Catholic Church. The first opened in 325, the last closed in 1965, and the names of many ring out in the history of the church: Nicea, Chalcedon, Trent, Vatican II. Though centuries separate the councils, each occurred when the church faced serious crises, sometimes with doctrinal matters, sometimes with moral or even political matters, and sometimes with discerning the church's relation to the world. The councils determined much of what the Catholic Church is and believes. Additionally, many councils impacted believers in other Christian traditions and even in other faiths. In this accessible, readable, and yet substantial account of the councils Joseph Kelly provides both the historical context for each council as well as an account of its proceedings. Readers will discover how the councils shaped the debate for the following decades and even centuries, and will appreciate the occasional portraits of important conciliar figures from Emperor Constantine to Pope John XXIII.
Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300135297
In this study, Ramsay MacMullen steps aside from the well-worn path that previous scholars have trod to explore exactly how early Christian doctrines became official. Drawing on extensive verbatim stenographic records, he analyzes the ecumenical councils from A.D. 325 to 553, in which participants gave authority to doctrinal choices by majority vote. The author investigates the sometimes astonishing bloodshed and violence that marked the background to church council proceedings, and from there goes on to describe the planning and staging of councils, the emperors' role, the routines of debate, the participants' understanding of the issues, and their views on God's intervention in their activities. He concludes with a look at the significance of the councils and their doctrinal decisions within the history of Christendom.
Author : Karl Joseph von Hefele
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Councils and synods
ISBN :
Author : Norman P. Tanner
Publisher : Herder & Herder
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN :
In this remarkably clear text, Tanner offers the results of years of intensive study and teaching of the ecumenical councils, provides a comprehensive history of councilor teaching, extending from the early and medieval councils to the Second Vatican Council.
Author : Leo D. Davis
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814683819
This unique work - no other work yet available in English treats this subject - illustrates the contribution of these Councils in the development and formulation of Christian beliefs. It then shows how their legacies lingered throughout the centuries to inspire - or haunt - every generation.
Author : Henry Robert Percival
Publisher :
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Christian literature, Early
ISBN :
Author : Karl Joseph von Hefele
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Councils and synods
ISBN :
Author : Mark S. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198835272
This work examines the role of the reception of the Council of Nicaea (325) in the major councils of the mid-fifth century.
Author : Edward Bouverie Pusey
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Church history
ISBN :