Clarifying Catholicism

In part nineteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Council of Florence, which attempted to re-establish unity between Eastern and Western Churches.

In part eighteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Council of Constance, which resolved a conflict between three papal claimants!

In part seventeen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Council of Vienne, in which the pope, pressured by monarchs, condemned the Knights Templar.

In part sixteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Second Council of Lyon, which attempted reunification with the Eastern Churches.

In part fifteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the First Council of Lyon, which resolved conflicts between the papacy and the Holy Roman Emperor.

In part fourteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Fourth Lateran Council, which addressed the crusades, clerical reform, and heresies.

In part thirteen of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Third Lateran Council, which curbed fiscal corruption among the clergy.

In part twelve of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Second Lateran Council, which affirmed the true pope after a brief schism.

In part eleven of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the First Lateran Council, the first ecumenical council held in Rome, which addressed the investiture controversy.

In part ten of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Fourth Council of Constantinople, in which the Roman Catholic Church helped resolve a dispute among the Eastern churches.

In part nine of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Second Council of Nicea, the final ecumenical council recognized by the Greek Orthodox Church, which addressed the iconoclast controversy.

In part eight of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Third Council of Constantinople, which addressed the monothelitism controversy.

In part six of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Second Council of Constantinople, which attempted to make peace between pro-Chalcedonian Christians and the Monophysites.

In part six of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Council of Chalcedon, whose declarations about the humanity and divinity of Christ caused much controversy in the early Church.

In part five of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the Council of Ephesus.

CORRECTION: First Sentence should be "Last episode, we explored how the First Council of Nicaea stated that Jesus and God are the same." In part four of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the First Council of Constantinople.

In part three of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines the dramatic events surrounding the First Council of Nicea.

In part two of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage examines what Christian life was like before the Council of Nicea, as well as some of the pre-Nicene councils.

In part one of this series about the ecumenical councils according to the Catholic Church, Will Deatherage explores what an ecumenical council is, which authorities can call them, what purpose they serve, and more.

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