AD 1869–1870
First Vatican Council
Rationalism, the loss of the Papal States and questions about the pope's teaching authority.
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- Location
- Rome
- Leaders
- Pope Pius IX
- Issues discussed
- Faith and reason
- Papal primacy and infallibility
- Decisions made
- Dei Filius on faith and reason
- Pastor Aeternus defining papal primacy and, under strict conditions, infallibility
- Historical impact
- Clarified and limited the scope of papal definitions; the council was suspended and never formally completed.
- Original documents
Sources and References
- Acts of Vatican Ipapalencyclicals.net