The general councils : a history of the twenty-one general councils from Nicaea to Vatican II / Christopher M. Bellitto.

Author: Bellitto, Christopher M.

Imprint:New York : Paulist Press, c2002.

Descriptionxi, 156 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:Developing doctrine : Nicaea I (325) to Constantinople III (680-681) -- Prayer and politics : Nicaea II (787) and Constantinople IV (869-870) -- Supervising the early church : disciplinary canons -- Four Lateran councils : 1123-1215 -- Power struggles : Lyons I (1245) to Vienne (1311-1312) -- Supervising the medieval church : disciplinary canons -- Councils vs. popes : Constance (1414-1418) and Basel-Ferrara-Florence-Rome (1431-1445) -- Reform lost and regained : Lateran V (1512-1517) and Trent (1545-1563) -- Papal infallibility : Vatican I (1869-1870) -- Brave new world, brave new council : Vatican II (1962-1965).

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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