Church Council Trivia!

Can you match up the Church council with the major players, decisions, or theological outcomes that came from it's decisions?

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What did the Council of Jerusalem (A.D. 50) decide?

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Why was the Council of Nicaea I (A.D. 325) convened?

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What was further clarified at the First Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381)?

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There's something about Mary. What did the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431) declare about Mary?

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What famous statement was uttered at the Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451)?

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Where was the Second Council of Constantinople (A.D. 553) held?

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What was declared about Christ during the Third Council of Constantinople (A.D. 680-681)?

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The Second Council of Nicaea (A.D. 787) primarily addressed what?

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The Fourth Council of Constantinople was called in response to...

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The First Lateran Council (A.D. 1123) was held because of

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The Second Lateran Council (A.D. 1139) condemned tournaments and arson. - True or False?

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The Third Lateran Council (A.D. 1179) continued the initiative of Pope Nicholas II by

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The Fourth Lateran Council (A.D. 1215) definitively defined the term "consubstantiation." - True or False?

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The First Council of Lyons (A.D. 1245) was called for political reasons because of the struggle between

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The Second Council of Lyons II (A.D. 1274) officially established the papal conclave as normative in all future papal elections. True or False?

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The Council of Vienne (A.D. 1311-1312)

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The Council of Constance (A.D. 1414-1418) sentenced Jan Hus to be burnt at the stake. It also led to the concept of "conciliarism" which considered the Church a corporate body with the pope at its head. This sought some balance of authority between popes and councils. This was because of the weakened state of the papacy. Who were the three rival popes at this time?

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The Council of Basel/Ferrara/Florence/Rome (A.D. 1431-1445) wanted to heal the East-West Schism, continuing the agenda of Lyons II. True or False?

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The Fifth Lateran Council (A.D. 1512-1517) issued disciplinary actions that included

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The Council of Trent (A.D. 1545-1563) met in three periods following the Protestant Revolt. What were these time periods?

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The First Vatican Council (A.D. 1869-1870) was not officially closed due to the Franco-Prussian War. It also issued only two constitutions. What were they?

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The Second Vatican Council (A.D. 1962-1965) was called in response to

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