"But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. " -I Peter 3:15
Council of Constance 1414-18 INTRODUCTION 1 [This is the introduction given by Tanner in Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils] This council was summoned by John XXIII, the Pisan pope [1 […]
Council of Vienne 1311-1312 A.D. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BULLS OF CLEMENT V ON THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Vox in excelso – 22 MARCH 1312 Ad providam – 2 MAY 1312 Considerantes – […]
Second Council of Lyons – 1274 CONTENTS Introduction Constitution I Constitution II 1. On the supreme Trinity and the catholic faith 2. On election and the power of the elected […]
First Council of Lyons – 1245 A.D. CONTENTS Abbreviations INTRODUCTION Bull Deposing The Emperor Frederick II CONSTITUTIONS I On rescripts Those to whom cases should be entrusted Curtailing legal expenses […]
Fourth Lateran Council : 1215 CONSTITUTIONS Confession of Faith On the error of abbot Joachim On Heretics On the pride of the Greeks towards the Latins The dignity of the […]
Second Lateran Council – 1139 A.D. canons Introduction In Lent of 1139 a general council was summoned by Pope Innocent II and held in the Lateran basilica {1} . As […]
First Lateran Council 1123 A.D. Canons INTRODUCTION In 1123, during the pontificate of Pope Callistus II, a general Roman council was held “for various important matters of the church”, as […]
Lost in Translation A Brief Commentary on the Issues with Modern Translations of Biblical and Liturgical Texts into English by Servus Immaculatae Ever since God scattered the peoples of the […]
FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA – 325 AD INTRODUCTION This council opened on 19 June in the presence of the emperor, but it is uncertain who presided over the sessions. In […]
Third Council of Constantinople: 680-681 INTRODUCTION To make an end of the Monothelite controversy, Emperor Constantine IV asked Pope Donus in 678 to send twelve bishops and four western Greek […]