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The First Vatican Council
took place in 1869 - 1870 and was the 20th of ecumenical council
s recognized by Roman Catholicism.
The Second Vatican Council
took place in the 1962 - 1965 and was the 21st.
First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council was convoked by Pope Pius IX on 29 June 1868, after a period of planning and preparation that began on 6 December 1864. This twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held three centuries after the Council of Trent, opened on 8 December 1869 and adjourned...
took place in 1869 - 1870 and was the 20th of ecumenical council
Ecumenical council
An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice....
s recognized by Roman Catholicism.
The Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. It was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October 1962 and closed...
took place in the 1962 - 1965 and was the 21st.