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general council) is a conference of church dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and address issues of church doctrine and practice, in which voting rights are convened from around the world (oikoumene) and which ensures the approval of the entire Church. The word ecumenical comes from the late Latin oecumenicus common, universal, from the Greek oikoumenikos from the whole world, from it oikoumene ge inhabited world (as known to the ancient Greeks); Greeks and their neighbours are considered to be a developed human society (as opposed to barbaric lands); in the later use of the Roman world and in the Christian sense in the church Greek, from oikoumenos, the current passive participation of oikein (inhabited), from oikos (home, housing). The first seven ecumenical councils, recognized by both Eastern and Western denominations, which included Halkedon Christianity, were identified by the Roman emperors, who also enforced the decisions of these councils within the State Church of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the Third Ecumenical Council, notable schisms led to the non-participation of some members of what was previously considered a unified Christian church. Thus, some parts of Christianity did not attend later advice and did not them, but did not accept their results. Bishops belonging to what has become known as Orthodox Orthodox take only seven ecumenical tips as described below. Bishops belonging to the so-called Church of the East participated only in the first two councils. Bishops belonging to the so-called Eastern Orthodoxy participated in the first four cathedrals, but rejected the decisions of the fourth and did not visit subsequent ecumenical cathedrals. Adoption of councils as ecumenical and authoritative varies between different Christian denominations. Disputes over christian and other issues have led some branches of the church to reject some of the advice others accept. The adoption of councils by the denomination of the Church of the East (accused by others of observance of Nestorianism) accepts as ecumenical only the first two councils. Eastern Orthodox Churches host the first three. Both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church recognize the first seven councils held from the 4th to the 9th century as ecumenical. While the Eastern Orthodox Church does not accept a later council or synod as ecumenical, the Catholic Church continues to hold general councils of bishops in full communion with the Pope, to consider them ecumenical. In general, the Catholic Church recognizes twenty-one councils as ecumenical. Anglicans and denominational Protestants accept either the first seven or the first four as ecumenical councils. Infallibility of ecumenical councils See also: The infallibility of the Church Teaching on the infallibility of ecumenical councils states