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What has been the function of ecumenical councils in the church history?
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Ecumenical Councils, for the most part, have dealt with heresies, from the first one at Nicaea, which dealt with the Arian heresy through the Council of Trent, which dealt with the protestant heresy. that has been their main function, which a few notable exemptions, the Second Vatican Council dealt with no heresies, nor even any doctrinal issues, it was strictly a pastoral council. Unfortunately, due to the climate of the times, and the deep vein of Modernism which was running underground at the time, heresy followed that Second Vatican Council.
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