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ecumenical council

conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice
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ecumenical council

Summary

ecumenical council ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,621 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ecumenical council is a type of church council[2].
  • ecumenical council is a type of synod[3].
  • ecumenical council is a type of assembly of bishops[4].
  • ecumenical council's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ecumenical councils[5].
  • ecumenical council's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • ecumenical council's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • ecumenical council's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • ecumenical council's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • ecumenical council's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox ecumenical council[10].
  • ecumenical council's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/ecumenical-council[11].
  • ecumenical council's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'oecūmenicum concilium'}[12].
  • ecumenical council's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'οἰκουμενῐκή σῠ́νοδος'}[13].
  • ecumenical council's different from is recorded as church council[14].
  • ecumenical council's has list is recorded as list of Ecumenical Councils[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include church council[2], synod[3], and assembly of bishops[4].

Why It Matters

ecumenical council ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,621 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → councils-and-synods-ecumenical
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: councils-and-synods-ecumenical, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917627|councils and synods ecumenical (#289917627)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-"
  2. 4w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000282-ekumenicke-koncily
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000282-ekumenicke-koncily, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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