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The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. ... and the doctrine of Purgatory.
A century and a half later, the Council of Florence repeated the same two points in practically the same words, [31] again excluding certain elements of the purgatory of popular imagination, in particular fire and place, against which representatives of the Eastern Orthodox Church spoke at the council.
The decrees of the Council, which contained no reference to fire and, without using the word "purgatory" ("purgatorium"), spoke only of "pains of cleansing" ("pœnis purgatoriis"), [50] were rejected at the time by the Eastern churches, but formed the basis on which certain Eastern communities were later received into full communion with Rome. [51]
The Council of Florence also stated that those who die in original sin alone go to Hell, but with pains unequal to those suffered by those who had committed actual mortal sins. [26] John Wycliffe's attack on the necessity of infant baptism was condemned by another general council, the Council of Constance. [27]
Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the Gates of Heaven. Never mind that Martin Luther ...
(Session 4 - Basel) All who attempt to go against what the council commanded in saying that should the papal office become vacant during the council, the new election for a pope would be held at the council. [19] (Session 8 - Basel) All who attempt to convoke a rival council at Bologna or anywhere else while this council was taking place. [19]
Mark of Ephesus (Greek: Μάρκος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, born Manuel Eugenikos) was a hesychast theologian of the late Palaiologan period of the Byzantine Empire who became famous for his rejection of the Council of Ferrara–Florence (1438–1439).
This council is well documented: Reports include the saga of an Irish bishop whose income consisted in the milk from three cows. If one of the cows would stop giving milk, the faithful were obliged to donate another animal. [17] The council met in March 1179 in three sessions and issued 27 chapters, which were all approved by Pope Alexander III.