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General Councils
The 21 Ecumenical Councils of the Church
First Council of Nicaea (325)
First Council of Constantinople, St Damasus I (381)
Council of Ephesus (431)
Council of Chalcedon - On the Two Natures of Christ (451)
Council of Chalcedon - Letter of Pope Leo to Flavian, bishop of Constantinople, about Eutyches (451)
Council of Orange, A Local Council (529)
Second Council of Constantinople, Sentence and Anathemas against the 'Three Chapters' (553)
Eleventh Council of Toledo, a Local Council, Profession of Faith (675)
Third Council of Constantinople, Exposition of Faith (680-681)
Fourth Council of Constantinople, Definition Of The Holy And Universal Eighth Synod (869)
Second Council of Nicaea (787)
Second Council of Nicaea, Condemnation of the Iconoclast Synod of Constantinople (787)
First Council of the Lateran (1123)
Second Council of the Lateran (1139)
Third Council of the Lateran (1179)
Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215)
First Council of Lyon (1245)
Second Council of Lyons (1274)
Council of Vienne (1311)
Council of Constance (1414)
Council of Florence 1438-1445
Fifth Council of the Lateran (1512)
Council of Trent's 25 Sessions 1542-1564
Council of Trent, Bull of Concovation (1542)
Council of Trent, Session I (1545)
Council of Trent, Session II (1546)
Council of Trent, SEssion III (1546)
Council of Trent, Session IV (1546)
Council of Trent, Session V (1546)
Council of Trent, Session VI (1547)
Council of Trent, Session VII (1547)
Council of Trent, Session VIII (1547)
Council of Trent, Session IX
Council of Trent, Session X, Decree Concerning Prorogation (1547)
Council of Trent, Session XI (1551)
Council of Trent, Session XII (1551)
Council of Trent, Session XIII (1551)
Council of Trent, Session XIV (1551)
Council of Trent, Session XV (1552)
Council of Trent, Session XVI (1552)
Council of Trent, Session XVII (1562)
Council of Trent Session XVIII (1562)
Council of Trent, Session XIX (1562)
Council of Trent, Session XX (1562)
Council of Trent, Session XXI (1562)
Council of Trent, Session XXII (1562)
Council of Trent, Session XXIII (1563)
Council of Trent, Session XXIV (1563)
Council of Trent, Session XXV (1563)
Council of Trent, Summary Oration (1563)
Confirmation of the Council of Trent (1564)
Concerning Prohibited Books (1564)
Reunion Treaty Of Brest, Reunion of the Church of Kiev (1595)
First Council of the Vatican 1869-1870
First Council of the Vatican, Decree on Papal Primacy (1870)
Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (1962-1965)
Second Vatican Council - The 16 Documents (Latin aand English)
Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution On the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium (Latin), Constitution On the Sacred Liturgy (1963)
Inter Mirifica (Latin), Decree on the Means of Social Communications
Inter Mirifica, Decree On the Means of Social Communication, Inter Mirifica (1963)
Decree On the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite, Orientalium Ecclesiarum (1964)
Unitatis Redintegratio (Latin), Decree On Ecumenism (1964)
Lumen gentium (Latin), Dogmatic Constitution On the Church (1964)
Decree on Ecumenism, Unitatis Redintegratio (1964)
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium (1964)
Decree On Renewal of Religious Life, Perfectae Caritatis (1965)
Decree On Priestly Training, Optatam Totius (1965)
Presbyterorum Ordinis (Latin), Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1965)
Perfectae Caritatis (Latin), Decree, On the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life (1965)
Optatam Totius (Latin), Decree On Priestly Training (1965)
Nostra Aetate (Latin), Declaration On the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (1965)
Declaration On the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostrae Aetate (1965)
Gravissimum Educationis (Latin), Declaration On Christian Education (1965)
Declaration On Christian Education, Gravissimum Educationis (1965)
Christus Dominus (Latin), Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops (1965)
Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops In the Church, Christus Dominus (1965)
Dogmatic Constitution On Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum (1965)
Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, Apostolicam Actuositatem (1965)
Dei Verbum (Latin), Dogmatic Constitution, On Divine Revelation (1965)
Apostolicam Actuositatem (Latin), Decree On the Apostolate of the Laity (1965)
Declaration On Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae (1965)
Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Latin), Decree On the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite (1965)
Pastoral Constitution On the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes (1965)
Decree On the Mission Activity of the Church, Ad Gentes Divinitus (1965)
Decree On the Ministry and Life of Priests, Presbyterorum Ordinis (1965)
Gaudium et Spes (Latin), Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (1965)
Dignitatis Humanae, Declaration On Religious Liberty (1965)
Ad Gentes Divinitus (Latin), Decree, On the Mission Activity of the Church (1965)
Vatican I's teaching as timely as ever (2000)
Vatican I's Teaching Is as Timely as Ever (2000)