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WorksheetsEcumenical Councils of the Catholic Church
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
The first ecumenical council was held in the city of _______________________.
Rome
Ephesus
Nicaea
Constantinople
This council repudiated the iconoclastic heresy and restored the veneration of icons.
First Council of Constantinople
Second Council of Nicaea
Council of Chalcedon
Second Council of the Lateran
This council revised the creed; and we still profess this statement of belief at Mass today.
Second Vatican Council
First Council of Nicaea
First Council of Constantinople
First Vatican Council
Total # of ecumenical councils held in the nearly 2000 year history of the Catholic Church.
120
21
57
3
This council attempted to reunite the Roman Catholic Church with the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Council of Vienne
Council of Constance
First Council of Lyon
Second Council of Lyons
This council responded to challenges of the Protestant revolution and brought about needed reform in disciplinary practices.
(a)
What was the most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church?
(a)
This Council occurred shortly before the Protestant Reformation and attempted to bring about much-needed reform in the Church. Unfortunately, it was relatively weak and ineffective in bringing about sufficient reform, and led to the eventual separation of Martin Luther from the Church.
Council of Trent
Fifth Lateran Council
Fourth Lateran Council
1st Vatican Council
This council described the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures of Christ.
Third Council of Constantinople
Council of Ephesus
Second Council of Constantinople
Council of Chalcedon
This council repudiated the heresy of Arianism and declared that Christ is one in substance with the Father.
Council of Ephesus
2nd Vatican Council
First Council of Nicaea
Second Council of Nicaea
The Third Lateran Council introduced a minimum age for ordination. At what age may a man be ordained a bishop?
(a)
The Council of Ephesus repudiated the heresy of Nestorianism and proclaimed the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God. What is the Latin word for this title of Mary.
(a)
What doctrine was formally defined at the First Vatican Council?
(a)
This council addressed the Church's response to and interaction with the modern world.
Council of Constance
Council of Basel, Ferrara, and Florence
First Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
