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Chalcedon, Council of
The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November inclusive, at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm
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Constance, Council of
A (partly) ecumenical council held at Constance, now in the Grand Duchy of Baden, from 5 Nov., 1414, to 22 April, 1418.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04288a.htm
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Constantinople, First Ecumenical Council of
Called in May, 381, by Emperor Theodosius, to provide for a Catholic succession in the patriarchal See of Constantinople, to confirm the Nicene Faith, to reconcile the semi-Arians with the Church, and to put an end to the Macedonian heresy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04308a.htm
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Ephesus, Council of
The third ecumenical council, held in 431.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05491a.htm
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Lateran IV
The Twelfth Ecumenical Council held in 1215. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/lateran4.html
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Nicaea, First Council of
First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 325 on the occasion of the heresy of Arius. It defined the Nicene Creed.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11044a.htm
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Nicaea, Second Council of
A council that was called to deal with the heresy of Iconoclasm.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11045a.htm
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The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was widely seen as the time the Catholic church decided to fight back against the reformation - and the Catechism of the Council of Trent was not replaced by the Catholic church until 1992. English translation from the original
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/trent.html
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The Church in Crisis A History of the General Councils - AD 325 through AD
Text of the 1960 book by Monsignor Philip Hughes giving an historical background and an account of the proceedings of all the main Catholic ecumenical councils until Vatican I.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/coun0.html
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The Ecumenical Councils of the Roman Catholic Church
A list of summaries of the main facts of each recognised council.
http://www.catholicism.org/pages/ecumenic.htm
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The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council
A collection of commentary on and proceedings of "Vatican II". This council was the start of a process where the church allowed vernacular language to be used in the Mass.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/v1.html
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Vienne, Council of
Convened 1311-1312 dealing mainly with the Knights Templars.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15423a.htm
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