An Ecumenical council (also known as oecumenical council) or general council) is a conference of the
bishops of the whole
Church convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice. The word derives from the
Greek language "",which literally means "inhabited", and was originally a figure of speech referring to the territory of the
Roman Empire since the earliest councils were all convoked by
Roman Emperors. In later usage it was applied in a more general way to mean all places that are inhabited by human beings, therefore "world-wide" or "general." The acceptance of historical councils varies widely between different branches of Christianity.
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