Template talk:Catholic ecumenical councils

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Two non-ecumenical councils

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All sources about Catholic ecumenical councils, including the Wikipedia article Catholic ecumenical councils, agree on the fact that there are 21 ecumenical councils. But this template lists 23 ecumenical councils, thus two too many. The first is the so-called Council of Jerusalem held sometime around the year 50. It has a special authority because the Apostles were present. But it has never been called ecumenical: the first council universally considered ecumenical is the First Council of Nicaea in 325. The other interloper is the Council of Rome of 382. This poorly attested gathering of bishops with the pope has never been considered ecumenical, either then or now: see the list of councils at Catholic ecumenical councils.

I will leave this note for a month to allow for comments. Barring any important developments, I will then remove the names of these 2 councils from the template. MDJH (talk) 20:45, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-20T20:45:00.000Z","author":"MDJH","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MDJH-2021-10-20T20:45:00.000Z-Two_non-ecumenical_councils","replies":["c-MDJH-2021-11-21T22:46:00.000Z-MDJH-2021-10-20T20:45:00.000Z"]}}-->

The two councils mentioned above have been removed. MDJH (talk) 22:46, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-21T22:46:00.000Z","author":"MDJH","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-MDJH-2021-11-21T22:46:00.000Z-MDJH-2021-10-20T20:45:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->