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Meaning of ecumenical council | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.

Equivalents

العربية مَجْمَع مَسْكُونِيّ
Deutsch ökumenisches Konzil
Français concile œcuménique
Latina concilium oecūmenicum

Examples

“[…] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ecumenical movement Ecumenical Patriarch ecumenicalism ecumenicality Ecumenically ecumenicism

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