First of all, the Eastern Orthodox Church does not give all church councils equal status. The church does, however, give special prominence to the seven Ecumenical Councils that took place between 325 ...

First of all, I’d like to note that Holy Scripture itself — beyond what Pope Innocent III did and did not state — does indeed teach the principle of a necessity for authoritative guides with regard to ...

It’s a common myth that the Catholic Church makes such a claim. The Church contends, rather, that an authoritative Christian tradition and Church were necessary to establish the canon of Scripture. In ...