<P> An ecumenical council ( or oecumenical council ; also general council ) is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world ( oikoumene ) and which secures the approbation of the whole Church . </P>
<P> An ecumenical council ( or oecumenical council ; also general council ) is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world ( oikoumene ) and which secures the approbation of the whole Church . </P>
what is the purpose of the ecumenical council
what is the purpose of the ecumenical council
to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice
to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice