ecumenical council
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Greek 'oikoumenikos' meaning 'the inhabited world', and 'council' from Old French 'concile', from Latin 'concilium'.
مثال
- The First Ecumenical Council was held in Nicaea in 325 AD.
- The Ecumenical Councils played a pivotal role in the development of Christianity.
- The decisions of the Ecumenical Council are binding for the entire Christian Church.
ترکیبهای رایج
First Ecumenical Council Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon Ecumenical Council decisions Attend an Ecumenical Council
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline “the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church”