Sentences with phrase «ecumenical council at»

Nicholas was one of the bishops who attended the first ecumenical council at Nicea in A.D. 325, where various church leaders discussed the divine nature of Christ.

Not exact matches

And while unanimity is a long and painful form of consensus to build, if the Ecumenical Patriarch were to take that approach — or at least recognize its validity — he would set his council, and his primacy, on much surer footing.

Arguably the foremost decision unanimously agreed upon at that assembly of church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most ChristiansCouncil in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christianscouncil of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians today.

At the beginning of the Sixties, the National Council of Churches, ecumenical embodiment of mainline Protestantism, was as secure in the pantheon of influential American institutions as the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association.

But certain pronouncements — like the theological statements of the Ecumenical Councils — have long been recognized by the Church at large as true and faithful understandings of Scripture.

He murdered his wife and son for this reason in AD 326 while he was actually presiding at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea!

* Chad Holtz with «You're a Poopy - Head (But so am I)» I'm convinced that any Rally to Restore Unity or any World Council of Churches or any ecumenical move will ultimately fail at making us one when they depend on the «positive» contributions each party brings to the table.

Certainly the ecumenical council to he summoned by Pope John XXIII should produce some good fruits, at least in the world - wide preparations for the council sessions.

In 1934, at the age of 28, Bonhoeffer became a member of the governing council of the ecumenical World Alliance for the Promotion of International Friendship Through the Churches.

But his views in 1933 were shared by many ecumenical leaders, notably Visser t» Hooft and Pierre Maury in Geneva and Henry Smith Leiper at the Federal Council of Churches in New York.

The WCC Commission on Faith and Order, meeting at Bristol, England, in i967, said: «In working toward the time when the churches, in spite of their existing differences, could accept each other in eucharistic fellowship, the ecumenical movement also works toward the time when a true Ecumenical Council can become an eveecumenical movement also works toward the time when a true Ecumenical Council can become an eveEcumenical Council can become an event.»

He held a number of professorships, chiefly at the University of Basel and University of Paris, and was an ecumenical observer at all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.

After ten years of teaching medieval thought at Yale (mostly in the philosophy department), I was selected by the Lutheran World Federation to be a delegated observer to the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 65), and since then have done most of my research and writing in the context of participation in national and international ecumenical dialogue, mostly with Roman Catholics.

In looking at the Council's treatment of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the author criticises an excessive ecumenical sensitivity.

Serious discussion on the unity and mission was started in the ecumenical movement with the declaration drawn up by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches at its meeting in Rolle, Switzerland in 1951.23 One of the main subjects on the agenda of the Committee was: The Missionary and Ecumenical Calling of tecumenical movement with the declaration drawn up by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches at its meeting in Rolle, Switzerland in 1951.23 One of the main subjects on the agenda of the Committee was: The Missionary and Ecumenical Calling of tEcumenical Calling of the Church.

... Nine of the fifteen carried attacks on the ecumenical movement, and at times, the World Council of Churches by name.

Reflecting on the hullabaloo caused by the speech - event of Professor Chung Hyung Kyung at the seventh assembly of the World Council of Churches in Canberra, where certain people sneeringly dismissed her contribution as a marginal theology at the fringes of the world ecumenical movement, Robinson writes:

What was said at the time of the integration of the two Councils in the New Delhi Assembly in 1961 was that they exist together as the two sides of the same reality.49 With the integration, the ecumenical discussion on the subject lost much of its momentum.

«Churches and persons involved at present in the World Council of Churches» life and work can learn much from the above mentioned groups; and, on the other hand, these groups need the correction and support of the ecumenical fellowship».41

At the Amsterdam meeting in 1948, two of the three great streams of the ecumenical movement merged to form the World Council of Churches.

At the Ghana Assembly, the Metropolitan James of Melita (the then representative of the ecumenical Patriarch at the World Council of Churches office in Geneva) read a statement on the Orthodox view of the integration, pointing out that the Orthodox churches would not support any move to change the constitution of the World Council of ChurcheAt the Ghana Assembly, the Metropolitan James of Melita (the then representative of the ecumenical Patriarch at the World Council of Churches office in Geneva) read a statement on the Orthodox view of the integration, pointing out that the Orthodox churches would not support any move to change the constitution of the World Council of Churcheat the World Council of Churches office in Geneva) read a statement on the Orthodox view of the integration, pointing out that the Orthodox churches would not support any move to change the constitution of the World Council of Churches.

Or you could have looked at the Ecumenical Councils as opposed to minor councils and synods, or the Ecumenical with East and West and compared them to the later Western ones (the Eastern Orthodox Church has not had an Ecumenical Council since the Seventh one Councils as opposed to minor councils and synods, or the Ecumenical with East and West and compared them to the later Western ones (the Eastern Orthodox Church has not had an Ecumenical Council since the Seventh one councils and synods, or the Ecumenical with East and West and compared them to the later Western ones (the Eastern Orthodox Church has not had an Ecumenical Council since the Seventh one in 787).

I don't deny that wrong decisions were made at probably all of the councils at some point, but of the councils that truly shaped Christianity, the seven ecumenical councils, while they are ridden with strife and political maneuvering as well as true Christian devotion and worship, I believe that most of what they decided in terms of doctrine is not wrong.

The Islamic Council of Norway and the (Lutheran) Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations jointly declared that everyone is free to adopt the religious faith of their choice, at a gathering on 22 August 2007.

The Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches at the Chateau de Bossey near Geneva has as one of its major functions the bringing together of groups of people of a common profession — Christian doctors, lawyers, educators, industrialists, political leaders — for a week or ten days of mutual probing of the applications of Christian faith to their vocations.

The Second Vatican Council (1962 - 5) extended this claim to the body of bishops as a whole united with the pope, for example at an ecumenical cCouncil (1962 - 5) extended this claim to the body of bishops as a whole united with the pope, for example at an ecumenical councilcouncil.

It is long past time for a thorough reexamination of the default positions that govern thinking about Russia, Ukraine, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Catholic - Russian Orthodox ecumenical dialogue in the Holy See's Secretariat of State and at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

At our General Council in Hungary next summer, we will have the honor of welcoming Cardinal Cassidy and Monsignor Radano as ecumenical guests.

At least since the Uppsala WCC Assembly in 1968, there has been discussion of the possibility of such an ecumenical council, but it has been agreed that its precondition is the ability to commune together at the Lord's tablAt least since the Uppsala WCC Assembly in 1968, there has been discussion of the possibility of such an ecumenical council, but it has been agreed that its precondition is the ability to commune together at the Lord's tablat the Lord's table.

His speech at the ecumenical conference in Fano in 1934 has recently become well known, for in it he rejected all human means of security and called for a Christian council of all churches to reject war.

In an attempt to solve the so - called «Western Schism» and reunite the church, theologians from all over Europe summoned an ecumenical council which met at Pisa.