Ecumenical Councils Flashcards
how does the college of bishops exercise it’s power over the church in solemn form?
by an ecumenical council
who can summon an Ecumenical Council, and determines what is to be discussed?
The Roman Pontiff
Who has a right and obligation to participate in a ecumenical council?
ALL bishops, but only those who are members of the college of Bishops, meaning those episcopal consecration and communion.
If the Apostolic See becomes vacant what happens to a council?
it is suspended until a new pontiff orders it to continue or dissolves it.
the decrees of the council do not oblige unless what?
they are approved by the Roman Pontiff as well as by the fathers of the council, and also promulgated by the Pope.
Who else is invited to Ecumenical councils, but not by law?
Non-bishops who are heads of particular churches equivalent to diocesan bishops
Religious superiors
Periti (experts)
observers
