Ecumenical Councils
Glossary of Catholic Terms
A glossary of Roman Catholic terms defined from Rome's own Catechism, Code of Canon Law, and papal documents, each with a brief answer from Scripture and the Reformation.
Glossary of Catholic Terms
A glossary of Roman Catholic terms defined from Rome's own Catechism, Code of Canon Law, and papal documents, each with a brief answer from Scripture and the Reformation.
Leo the Great
The bishop of Rome whose Tome defined the two natures of Christ at Chalcedon and who claimed Peter’s authority for his see.
The First Council of Lyons
The First Council of Lyons of 1245 under Innocent IV: the deposition of the Emperor Frederick II and a new crusade after the loss of Jerusalem.
The First Council of Lyons
The First Council of Lyons of 1245 under Innocent IV: the deposition of the Emperor Frederick II and a new crusade after the loss of Jerusalem.
The Second Council of Lyons
The Second Council of Lyons of 1274 under Gregory X: a short-lived union with the Greek church, the filioque reaffirmed, purgatory and seven sacraments professed, and the papal conclave established.
The Second Council of Lyons
The Second Council of Lyons of 1274 under Gregory X: a short-lived union with the Greek church, the filioque reaffirmed, purgatory and seven sacraments professed, and the papal conclave established.
