COUNCILS
(See also Constantine; Creeds; National Council of Churches; World Council of Churches)
Boston commends Witnesses: w72 542
Chalcedon: w56 237-238
Constantinople: w83 9/15 8; w66 280; bf 478, 481; w61 556; w56 617-618
Council of Judges: g69 8/22 17-18
ecumenical councils: w83 9/15 8; g64 1/8 9-15; w63 13; yb63 16-17; g60 8/22 5-8; w52 177; g42 8/5 6
Lateran: g85 11/8 6; g64 1/8 15; rm 294-295; g42 8/5 6
Moscow: w66 281; bf 489-490
Protestant Church councils: w64 297-298; g64 4/22 13; w62 345-348
“universal” church councils in early centuries: w83 9/15 8
Vatican (1870): bf 493; g57 8/22 5-7; w52 177; g42 10/14 21; ch 238
Council of Carthage
Apocrypha: w60 595; w55 293-294; lg 50; w49 37; ep 40; ta 327; g44 8/2 31
Bible canon: w63 248; g61 4/22 10
infant baptism: g66 9/22 28
titles: w52 179
Council of Elvira
celibacy: g85 11/8 6; g75 5/8 28
Council of Ephesus
Mary the “mother of God”: g80 7/22 16
Council of Laodicea
saints: g75 1/22 27
Council of Nicaea (Nicene)
Constantine: w83 9/15 8; g80 4/22 20, 22; w75 356; kj 103; w69 422; w66 278; g64 1/8 10-11; w63 725; g61 4/22 16
Easter: w76 72; w66 279; bf 478; w59 606; g57 4/22 26
Eusebius Pamphili: w59 605-607
fusion: qm 289; w56 617-619; qm55 289; w53 432-433; rm 271; ta 294; tf 281; g42 6/24 6-8
language used: g64 2/8 10; bf 477
number present: bf 477
profound differences between Christianity of Nicaea and the teachings of Jesus (quote): w79 7/15 15
spiritism possibility: g71 2/22 26
Sylvester: w56 617-619
Trinity: g80 4/22 20; w75 356; w75 703; w69 422; w66 278, 719; w64 376; g64 1/8 11; w63 748-749; bf 477-478; w61 104; w59 324, 606; rm 271; ta 294
Council of Toulouse
ban on Bible in vernacular: w80 8/1 26-27; yb80 155; w77 326
Council of Trent
Apocrypha: g77 2/8 12; w60 81; ep 40; g42 10/14 21
Bible reading prohibited: g67 4/8 18; g39 4/5 21
celibacy: g85 11/8 6; g75 5/8 28; w62 186, 188
confession to priest: g74 11/8 27-28
images: g64 1/22 8
Immaculate Conception: g65 7/22 28
indulgences: w66 678-679
length: g63 2/8 12
non-Catholic representatives: g63 2/8 13
purgatory: w63 453-454
saints: g75 1/22 27; g66 12/22 27
tradition: w63 485
Trinity: g63 12/8 8
Ecumenical Council Vatican II
celibacy: g85 11/8 6
disunity: g66 2/8 13-19; g64 12/8 30; bf 493
non-Catholic representatives: bf 492-493; g63 2/8 13
opening: g63 8/8 30; g62 2/8 29; g62 7/8 30; g62 11/22 29
purpose: g64 3/22 13; w63 389-391; g63 2/8 12-13; g62 12/22 29-30
results: g68 4/22 3-4; yb67 277; g66 2/8 12-19; g65 11/8 30; g64 3/22 15-16; g63 11/22 29
subjects discussed: g67 6/22 23; w66 678-679; g66 2/8 12-19; g66 12/8 8-11; w65 57; g65 1/8 30; g65 11/8 30; g65 11/22 30-31; g64 3/22 14-15; g64 12/8 29; g63 2/8 14-15; g63 12/22 31
women attend: g64 10/22 29
Quinisext Council
blood: bq 15