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First Six Ecumenical Councils

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Nicaea
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2nd
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Ephesus

4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
Nicaea
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20th
Vatican
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21th
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First Six Ecumenical Councils are:

Number	Name	Year	Saint	Accomplishment
1st	Nicaea I	325	Our Holy Father Athanasios Great Archbishop Alexandria	Wrote the first portion of The Nicene Creed Defined against Arius the true Divinity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Fixed the date for Feasts of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha Established the Patriarchates (Sees) of Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria
2rd	Constantinople I	381	St. Meletios Archbishop Antioch	Defined against the followers of Macedonius, who impugned the Divinity of the Holy Spirit Completed the The Nicene Creed
3rd	Ephesus	431	Our Holy Father Kyrollos Archbishop Alexandria	Defined the true personal unity of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Declared Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos) against Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople Renewed the condemnation of Pelagius
4th	Chalcedon	451		Defined the two natures (Divine and human) in Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ against Eutyches Degreed that it was permissible for Second Ecumenical Council also named Council of Constantinople I to include the material on the Holy Spirit in The Nicene Creed Established Constantinople as a patriarchate with jurisdiction over Asia Minor and Thrace and gave it the second place after Rome Established the Patriarchate (See) of Jerusalem
5th	Constantinople II	553		Condemned the errors of Origen Certain writings (The Three Chapters ) of Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia Ibas, Bishop of Edessa Confirmed the first four Ecumenical Councils
6th	Constantinople III	680-681		Ended Monothelitism by defining two wills in Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Divine and the human, as two distinct principles of operation. It anathematized Sergius, Pyrrhus, Paul, Macarius, and all their followers.

Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils

A Sunday after Pentecost is named "Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils".
This Sunday honors all the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils.

His Excellency, Bishop John Elya Answers

View of the Post-Schism Councils: Must we Eastern Catholics consider the post-schism General Councils of the Roman Church Ecumenical like the Seven of the First Millennium?
The Bishop Answers Eparchy of Newton, (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States) Click on Questions Related to the relationship between the Christian Churches R2

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