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Does the Catholic Church consider Vatican II to be ecumenical?
The term ecumenical has a bad reputation these days. What does ecumenical mean?

The discussion about schisms actually started, I think, when someone mentioned that the Christians were united until the great schism. So let me ask this: some Oriental Churches didn’t accept the the council of Chalcedon. Then we had an ecumenical council without all Churches/patriarchs. Then what is required for a council to be ecumenical?
 
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Does the Catholic Church consider Vatican II to be ecumenical?
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Yes. It is the 21st Ecumenical Council.
The term ecumenical has a bad reputation these days. What does ecumenical mean?
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Much that is good has a “bad reputation” these days.
ECUMENICAL. Literally “universal” and commonly used to identify the general councils of the Church. With the rise of the movement for Christian unity, it has become synonymous with “striving for reunification” among the separated Churches of Christendom. (Etym. Latin oecumenicus; from Greek oikoumenē, the inhabited world.)
Modern Catholic Dictionary by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.
therealpresence.org/cgi-bin/getdefinition.pl
Then what is required for a council to be ecumenical?
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The Catholic Church established by Christ, the Son of God, is the only authority to declare and define an Ecumenical or General Council which is summoned or approved by the Pope based on the doctrine of Apostolicity.
 
henrikhank said:
Does the Catholic Church consider Vatican II to be ecumenical?
The term ecumenical has a bad reputation these days. What does ecumenical mean?

The discussion about schisms actually started, I think, when someone mentioned that the Christians were united until the great schism. So let me ask this: some Oriental Churches didn’t accept the the council of Chalcedon. Then we had an ecumenical council without all Churches/patriarchs. Then what is required for a council to be ecumenical?
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The answer is YES which is in the link I gave you in post #2. Didn’t you read it?
 
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