English Dictionary

ecumenical council

名詞

(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.

日本語の意味

キリスト教において、ローマ・カトリックおよび東方正教会の信者によって、全世界の司教が招集され、一定の条件下で信仰と道徳に関する決定が無謬とみなされる教会会議（公会議）を指す。

The bishops prepared for the ecumenical council by reviewing centuries of doctrine and canon law.

司教たちは何世紀にもわたる教義と教会法を見直して大公会議に備えた。

意味（1）

(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.

[…] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council.

ecumenical councils （ plural ）