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Chapter 14 - First Vatican Council |
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First Vatican Council Dec. 8, 1869 to Oct. 20, 1870 |
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Dec. 8, 1869 to Oct. 20, 1870
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Called by |
Pope Pius IX |
Presided by |
Pope Pius IX |
Attendance |
744 |
Key topics |
Rationalism, liberalism, materialism; inspiration of Scripture; papal infallibility |
Documents & Statements |
Dei Filius, Pastor Aeternus |
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Background |
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The First Vatican Council, convened at Rome in 1869-70, not only continued the attempts to define Roman Catholicism against the rest of ecumenical Christendom, but decreed that--in matters of faith and morals when he speaks officially and with clear intention to do so--the pope is infallible.
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Key Innovations for elimination of heresy and heretics |
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1814 The Spanish Inquisition was reintroduced by Ferdinand VII and approved by Pope Pius VII. |
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1870 Church authorized torture and ethnic cleansing ceases in European states and most Latin American states but is maintained as an effective tool in Africa and other "heathen" outposts. |
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