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Ecumenical Councils

General councils of the Church, their convocation and documents.

Also called council.

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1950s

  1. Questa festiva ricorrenza25 January 1959Address announcing the Roman Synod, the Ecumenical Council and the revision of the CodePope

1960s

  1. Superno Dei Nutu5 June 1960Instituting the Preparatory Commissions for the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  2. Aeterna Dei Sapientia11 November 1961On St Leo the Great and the Unity of the ChurchPope
  3. Humanae Salutis25 December 1961Convoking the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  4. Consilium2 February 1962Fixing the Opening Date of the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  5. Appropinquante Concilio6 August 1962Establishing the Rules of Procedure for the CouncilPope
  6. Gaudet Mater Ecclesia11 October 1962Address at the Solemn Opening of the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  7. Prima sessio8 December 1962Address at the Closing of the First Period of the CouncilPope
  8. Mirabilis ille6 January 1963Letter to the Bishops on the Work of the Council between SessionsPope
  9. Summi Dei Verbum4 November 1963On the Fourth Centenary of the Tridentine SeminariesPope
  10. Quarta Sessio28 August 1965Exhortation on the Fourth Session of the CouncilPope
  11. Closing Message to the Council Fathers8 December 1965Closing Message: Introduction to the Council FathersPope
  12. Homily at the Closing of the Council8 December 1965Homily on the Immaculate Conception at the Conclusion of the CouncilPope
  13. In Spiritu Sancto8 December 1965Apostolic Brief Declaring the Council ClosedPope
  14. Finis Concilio3 January 1966Establishing the Post-Conciliar CommissionsPope
  15. General Audience of 12 January 196612 January 1966On the Council's doctrinal authority: pastoral in character, no new infallible definitions, but teaching with the authority of the supreme ordinary magisterium (1966)Pope

1980s

  1. A Concilio Constantinopolitano I25 March 19811600th anniversary of Constantinople I and 1550th of EphesusPope
  2. Duodecimum Saeculum4 December 1987On the 12th centenary of Nicaea II and sacred imagesPope

2020s

  1. In unitate fidei23 November 2025On the 1700th anniversary of the Council of NicaeaPope
  2. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour: 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325-2025)3 April 2025Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour: 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325-2025)Theological & Biblical Commissions
  3. Joint Declaration29 November 2025Joint Declaration of Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew (Nicaea 1700th anniversary)Ecumenical & Interreligious Dialogue