Additional information on Roman Catholic councils
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| ecumenical council | name given to a meeting in which bishops from around the world vote on issues of doctrine and practice |
| first ecumenical council | Council of Nicea |
| name of the heretical sect denying the deity of the Holy Spirit | Macedonians |
| Nestorianism | doctrine that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus—not “fully God and fully man.” |
| anathema | term used to describe the condemnation of those who deny the trinity or the divinity of each member of the trinity |
| Last ecumenical council including both Orthodox and Roman Catholic clergy | Fourth Council of Constantinople |
| Savonarola | 15th century Italian reformer who was excommunicated, imprisoned, and burned at the stake for refusing to stop preaching the Bible |
| Rome will not quench this fire | Savonarola's words defying Rome's power stop his preaching |
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