[dangus]

When they say “ecumenical council” do they mean “Ecumenical Council” or do they just mean “a council with a bunch of ecumenist?”

Because the news of the former would be earth-shattering.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they are going to have a council, MUCH better to have it at Nicea than to have a "Vatican III", which would sound like the continuation of Vatican II, a Council that in many ways seemed dated as soon as Peter, Paul and Mary stopped hitting the Top 40.

Why is it that all of the cool places to have a Council are now in a Muslim country?

[Alex Murphy]

Patriarch Bartholomew revealed that he and the Roman Pontiff had “agreed to leave as a legacy to ourselves and our successors a gathering in Nicaea in 2025, to celebrate together, after 17 centuries, the first truly ecumenical synod, where the Creed was first promulgated.” The Council of Nicea, held in 325, brought together over 300 bishops and approved the formula of faith now known as the Nicene Creed.

A leading official of the Russian Orthodox Church said that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I represented only his own Patriarchate of Constantinople, and not the world’s other Orthodox churches, in his meeting with Pope Francis, according to a report from the Religious Information Service of Ukraine.

Metropolitan Hilarion, the chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department of External Church Relations, said that the Ecumenical Patriarch had not consulted with the leaders of other Orthodox churches before meeting with the Pope, according to the report. The Ecumenical Patriarch holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, the largest of which is the Russian Orthodox Church.
-- from the related thread Russian Orthodox Church distances itself from Ecumenical Patriarch’s meeting with Pope

[DManA]

If the Orthodox admit they were wrong I’m sure the Romans will happily let them back into the fold.

[Salvation]

There are different kinds of Councils.

The Top Ten Most Important Church Councils
On the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council
Vatican II, 50 Years Later : The council brought great controversy, but eventually, a greater gift
It is the Decision of the Holy Spirit and Us….On the Council of Jerusalem...(Catholic Caucus)

Ecumenical Councils
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: General Councils of the Church, 1870-1962
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: General Councils of the Church, 1123-1545
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: General Councils of the Church, 49-870
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: Acts 15 Model: General- Ecumenical Councils of the Church Universal
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Biblical Model for Handing On Truth and Refuting Error: Acts 15, The Council of Jerusalem
A Timeline of Catholic Church history, 1-500 A.D. (includes Councils, Canon of the Bible)
MAJOR COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH - 1st Council of Nicaea - 325 A.D. (1st in a series)
MAJOR COUNCILS OF THE CHURCH - 1st Council of Constantinople - 381 A.D. (2nd in a series)
MAJOR CHURCH COUNCILS - The Council Of Chalcedon - 451 A.D.

[piusv]

Well, bowl me over with a feather....more confusion?

[redgolum]

Judging by the comments from the Patriarch of Moscow, the head line is wrong.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Pope, Orthodox Patriarch Look to New Council at Nice”

WHY!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I'm not sure what this means, but it's tremendously exciting.

Pray for unity!

[piusv]

I wish Catholics would stop using the “unity” term. It is misleading. I’m not sure how often it needs to be said, but it apparently needs to be said again: per Traditional Catholic teaching, unity is already found in the Catholic Church. All other churches need to join the Catholic Church. To speak as if there still needs to be unity is FALSE.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

OK, this could be the biggest news in Christendom since 1054, and there is currently one googleable news article on this?

Plenty of other "news" in the headlines, though.

We are in a post-Christian age.

[Biggirl]

John 17, that “that they will be one.”