You keep mentioning your seven Councils but you have and indeed cannot dispute that it was not until the Synod of Rome (382) and the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397) that we find a definitive list of canonical books being drawn up, and each of these Councils acknowledged the very same list of books. These were ALL Councils of the ONE Church. Not an Orthodox offshoot that occurred with the excommunication Cerularius.
You asked me “to please explain.” But I doubt you’d accept the explanation. But anyway since you requested, here’s one:
http://www.catholicbridge.com/catholic/orthodox/1054_orthodox_catholic_split.php
“You keep mentioning your seven Councils...”
Actually, you are the one who keeps mentioning the Seven Councils. As I have already pointed out, we have had nine.
“...but you have and indeed cannot dispute that it was not until the Synod of Rome (382) and the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397) that we find a definitive list of canonical books being drawn up, and each of these Councils acknowledged the very same list of books. These were ALL Councils of the ONE Church. Not an Orthodox offshoot that occurred with the excommunication Cerularius.”
No they were not Councils of the Universal Church. They were local church synods. That doesn’t mean they were unimportant. But they were not Ecumenical Councils.
I just glanced at the link you provided. Unfortunately it doesn’t respond to any of my specific questions. It presents the usual canned arguments and quotes that I am familiar with. Most distressing was not one word on the 8th Council. I look forward to a more substantive response that addresses those issues in detail. I don’t understand how a Pope can confirm an Ecumenical Council, which according to your church is itself an ex-cathedra pronouncement, and then two hundred years later say “oops, we goofed. We really meant this other council that none of the other local churches recognize.”