Ecumenical Councils

What is an ecumenical Council?

• meeting of the religious leaders of the whole church to discuss and settle matters of world peace

• meeting of the priests of the whole world to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice

• meeting of the bishops of the whole church to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice

• meeting of the bishops of the whole church to discuss the infallibility of religious leaders

What is the name of a more local meeting of church officials?

• Council meetins

• Vatican 1

• Ecumenical councils

• Synods

What was the first ecumenical council EVER?

• Vatican 1

• Vatican 2

• Council of Nicea

• Council of Chalcedon

What significant thing was established in the Council of Nicea?

• Nicene Creeed

• Proclamation of Mary as Mother of God

• Infallibility of the Pope

• Apostle's Creed

Which council did Pope Pius IX call?

• First Nicean Council

• Council of Jerusalem

• Vatican 2

• First Vatican Council

What significant thing came from the First Vatican Council?

• Established the Nicean Creed

• Defined doctrine concern the infallibility of the Pope

• Defined the duality of Jesus Christ

• Established Sunday Masses

What does the word infallibility mean in this comic?

• The inability of being able to do any work

• The inability of caring

• The inability of being correct

• The inability of being wrong

Why does the Holy Spirit guide the Pope?

• He needs to be able to represent the truth of God without error

• He needs to be able to tell people what to do

• He needs to be able to read the Bible properly

• He needs to be able to tell people he is always right and they're always wrong

What guides the Pope to know the truth about Church matters?

• The Pope himself

• Bishops

• His Confessor

• Holy Spirit

Does papal infallibility mean that the Pope is always right about everything and anything?

• Yes

• No