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THE CHURCH IN CRISIS:
A History of the General Councils: 325-1870
Mgr. Philip Hughes,
"The Church in Crisis: A History of the General Councils, 325 - 1870.
A comprehensive survey of the origins, accomplishments and significance of the
twenty General Councils of the Church. Explains the nature and function of
General Councils, and tells how each was called and what it accomplished, in the
context of the climate of the times, the men who took part, and the intellectual
currents which lay behind the final pronouncements.
Nihil Obstat:
James A. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur:
+ Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archbishop of New York
September 28, 1960
The nihil obstat and imprimatur are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or
moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the nihil obstat and
imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed.
CONTENTS:
· Introduction: On Councils and General Councils
· 1. The First General Council of Nicaea, 325
· 2. The First General Council of Constantinople, 381
· 3. The General Council of Ephesus, 431
· 4. The General Council of Chalcedon, 451
· 5. The Second General Council of Constantinople, 553
· 6. The Third General Council of Constantinople, 680-81
· 7. The Second General Council of Nicaea, 787
· 8. The Fourth General Council of Constantinople, 869-70
· 9. The First General Council of the Lateran, 1123
· 10. The Second General Council of the Lateran, 1139
· 11. The Third General Council of the Lateran, 1179
· 12. The Fourth General Council of the Lateran, 1215
· 13. The First General Council of Lyons, 1245
· 14. The Second General Council of Lyons, 1274
· 15. The General Council of Vienne, 1311-12
· 16. The General Council of Constance, 1414-18
· 17. The General Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence, 1431-45
· 18. The Fifth General Council of the Lateran, 1512-17
· 19. The General Council of Trent, 1545-63
· 20. The First General Council of the Vatican, 1869-70
Appendix & Bibliography