The Red Flag Warning of the Ecumenical Councils WAKE UP Church of Laodicea

 

Colossians 2:8

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

King James Version (KJV)


Question?  Do you see a problem here below when compared to Colossians 2:8 KJV.?



Ecumenical Councils 

  1. First Council of Nicaea
    • Date: 325 AD
    • Location: Nicaea (modern-day İznik, Turkey)
    • Key Purpose: Addressed the Arian heresy (denying Christ’s full divinity). Produced the Nicene Creed, affirming Christ’s consubstantiality with the Father. Established rules for calculating Easter and addressed church discipline.
    • Convened by: Emperor Constantine I.
  2. First Council of Constantinople
    • Date: 381 AD
    • Location: Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
    • Key Purpose: Expanded the Nicene Creed (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed) to affirm the divinity of the Holy Spirit. Condemned Apollinarianism (denying Christ’s full humanity) and reaffirmed anti-Arian orthodoxy. Added “His Kingdom shall have no end” to counter Chiliasm.
    • Convened by: Emperor Theodosius I.
  3. Council of Ephesus
    • Date: 431 AD
    • Location: Ephesus (modern-day Turkey)
    • Key Purpose: Condemned Nestorianism, which separated Christ’s divine and human natures. Affirmed Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God). Upheld the unity of Christ’s person.
    • Convened by: Emperor Theodosius II.
  4. Council of Chalcedon
    • Date: 451 AD
    • Location: Chalcedon (modern-day Kadıköy, Turkey)
    • Key Purpose: Defined Christ as having two natures (divine and human) in one person, countering Eutychianism (Monophysitism, merging Christ’s natures). Issued the Chalcedonian Definition. Elevated Constantinople’s ecclesiastical status, causing tension with Rome.
    • Convened by: Emperor Marcian.
  5. Second Council of Constantinople
    • Date: 553 AD
    • Location: Constantinople
    • Key Purpose: Condemned the “Three Chapters” (writings seen as Nestorian-leaning) to reconcile Monophysites. Reaffirmed Chalcedonian orthodoxy but caused controversy among Western churches.
    • Convened by: Emperor Justinian I.
  6. Third Council of Constantinople
    • Date: 680–681 AD
    • Location: Constantinople
    • Key Purpose: Condemned Monothelitism (teaching that Christ had only one will). Affirmed that Christ has two wills (divine and human) corresponding to His two natures.
    • Convened by: Emperor Constantine IV.
  7. Second Council of Nicaea
    • Date: 787 AD
    • Location: Nicaea
    • Key Purpose: Restored the veneration of icons, condemning Iconoclasm. Established a distinction between veneration (dulia) and worship (latria), affirming icons as aids to devotion.
    • Convened by: Empress Irene and Emperor Constantine VI.
Additional Councils Considered Ecumenical by the Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church recognizes 14 additional councils as ecumenical, though these are not accepted as such by Eastern Orthodox or most Protestant churches. Below is a list of these, continuing in chronological order:
  1. Fourth Council of Constantinople
    • Date: 869–870 AD
    • Location: Constantinople
    • Key Purpose: Addressed the Photian Schism, deposing Patriarch Photius and affirming Ignatius. Dealt with jurisdictional disputes between Rome and Constantinople.
    • Note: This council’s ecumenical status is disputed; Eastern Orthodox recognize a later 879–880 council instead.
  2. First Lateran Council
    • Date: 1123 AD
    • Location: Rome (Lateran Palace)
    • Key Purpose: Addressed investiture controversies (lay rulers appointing bishops). Affirmed clerical celibacy and church independence from secular control.
    • Convened by: Pope Callistus II.
  3. Second Lateran Council
    • Date: 1139 AD
    • Location: Rome
    • Key Purpose: Resolved schisms (e.g., Anacletus II’s antipapacy). Condemned simony and reaffirmed clerical discipline.
    • Convened by: Pope Innocent II.
  4. Third Lateran Council
    • Date: 1179 AD
    • Location: Rome
    • Key Purpose: Reformed church governance, including papal election rules (two-thirds majority). Condemned heresies like Catharism.
    • Convened by: Pope Alexander III.
  5. Fourth Lateran Council
    • Date: 1215 AD
    • Location: Rome
    • Key Purpose: Defined transubstantiation, mandated annual confession and communion, and addressed Crusades. Condemned heresies like Albigensianism.
    • Convened by: Pope Innocent III.
  6. First Council of Lyon
    • Date: 1245 AD
    • Location: Lyon, France
    • Key Purpose: Addressed conflicts with Emperor Frederick II, excommunicating him. Called for a new Crusade.
    • Convened by: Pope Innocent IV.
  7. Second Council of Lyon
    • Date: 1274 AD
    • Location: Lyon, France
    • Key Purpose: Attempted reunion with the Eastern Orthodox Church (temporary). Defined the filioque clause in the Creed and addressed Crusade financing.
    • Convened by: Pope Gregory X.
  8. Council of Vienne
    • Date: 1311–1312 AD
    • Location: Vienne, France
    • Key Purpose: Suppressed the Knights Templar, addressed Franciscan poverty disputes, and planned a new Crusade.
    • Convened by: Pope Clement V.
  9. Council of Constance
    • Date: 1414–1418 AD
    • Location: Constance, Germany
    • Key Purpose: Ended the Western Schism by electing Pope Martin V. Condemned Jan Hus and Wycliffite heresies. Reformed church governance.
    • Convened by: Antipope John XXIII and Emperor Sigismund.
  10. Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence
    • Date: 1431–1445 AD
    • Location: Basel, Switzerland; Ferrara and Florence, Italy
    • Key Purpose: Attempted reunion with Eastern Orthodox churches (partially successful). Addressed Hussite issues and church reforms.
    • Convened by: Pope Eugene IV.
  11. Fifth Lateran Council
    • Date: 1512–1517 AD
    • Location: Rome
    • Key Purpose: Addressed church reforms, condemned conciliarism, and planned a Crusade. Failed to prevent the Protestant Reformation.
    • Convened by: Pope Julius II and Leo X.
  12. Council of Trent
    • Date: 1545–1563 AD
    • Location: Trent, Italy
    • Key Purpose: Responded to the Protestant Reformation. Defined Catholic doctrines (e.g., justification, sacraments, Scripture and Tradition). Reformed clergy and liturgy.
    • Convened by: Popes Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV.
  13. First Vatican Council
    • Date: 1869–1870 AD
    • Location: Rome (Vatican)
    • Key Purpose: Defined papal infallibility and the relationship between faith and reason. Suspended due to the Franco-Prussian War.
    • Convened by: Pope Pius IX.
  14. Second Vatican Council
    • Date: 1962–1965 AD
    • Location: Rome (Vatican)
    • Key Purpose: Modernized the Catholic Church’s liturgy, ecumenism, and engagement with the modern world. Issued documents like Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes.
    • Convened by: Popes John XXIII and Paul VI.

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