I.

325. Nicea I. The Arian Controversy.

II. 381. Constantinople I. The Apollinarian Controversy.

III. 431. Ephesus. The Nestorian Controversy.

IV. 451. Chalcedon. The Eutychian Controversy.

V. 553. Constantinople II. Controversy respecting the Three Chapters. VI. 680-81. Constantinople III. (The Trullan Council). Controversy re

specting two Wills in Christ.

VII. 787. Nicea II. The Worship of Images. The first VII. General
Councils are received in common by the Greeks and the Latins.
VIII. 869. Constantinople IV. Controversy of Ignatius and Photius. This
Council was rejected by the Greeks. Their VIIIth. General Coun-
cil was held in Constantinople in 879, and was rejected by the
Latins.

The Councils after the VIIIth. are rejected by the Greeks.
Investiture: Confirms the Worms Concordat.
Termination of a Schism. Condemns the Doc-
of Brescia.

IX. 1123. Lateran I.
X. 1139. Lateran II.
trines of Arnold

XI. 1179. Lateran III.

a Pope.

XII. 1215. Lateran IV.

Relating to Discipline. Rules for the Choice of

Assertion of Papal Authority.

XIII, 1245. Lyons I. (reckoned by some as Lateran V.). Pope and Emperor: Deposes Frederic II.

XIV. 1274. Lyons II. Concessions of Rudolph of Hapsburg. New Rules for the choice of a Pope, etc.

XV. 1311. Vienne (recognized by Lateran, 1512). Suppression of the Templars, etc.

XVI. 1414-18. Constance (the last sessions acknowledged by Rome, the whole by France). Condemnation of Huss.

XVII. 1431-49. Basel. First Twenty-five sessions received by Rome, until its removal to Ferrara. The Council of Florence, 1438, regarded by Rome as a continuation of the first sessions of Basel.

XX. Vatican. Infallibility of the Pope decreed.

[Another order of the Councils (Basel being rejected): XV., Vienne; XVI., Constance; XVII., Florence; XVIII., Trent. Still another order (Basel being reckoned as distinct): XVII., Basel; XVIII., Florence; XIX., Lateran V.; XX., Trent. The contested councils are Sardica, 344 (considered cecumeni. cal by the Latins); the Trullan, Quinisextum, 692 (received by Greek Church); Vienne, Pisa, Constance, Basel, and Lateran V. (which within the Latin Church are disputed).]

* Altered and enlarged from Smith's "Church History in Chronological Tables."

LIST OF POPES FROM GREGORY I. TO LEO XIII.*

Stephen, 752, died before consecra- John XII, 956-963, dep.

* Abbreviated from George's "Chronological Tables." The interrogation mark signifies doubt or dispute as to the date.

In 1415 the Council of Constance deposed John

XXIII., induced Gregory XII. to resign, and elected

Martin V., 1417-1431 CLEMENT VIII., 1424