Show Notes:: There has been much debate on who has finally say and authority in the church, much of the debating has happened amounts Protestants and Catholics, but who is right? In this week's episode of Real Talk Christian Podcast, Marc Hyde and Chris Fuller look at where the truth may actually be and try to navigate through all the false doctrines surrounding final authority. Grab a cup of Joe and tune in.

//Resources Used In This Episode//

https://christianrenaissancemovement.com/2017/10/31/sola-scriptura-7-fatal-flaws-of-a-bleak-doctrine/

https://media.ascensionpress.com/2017/10/30/does-the-church-still-believe-in-indulgences/#:~:text=While%20the%20practice%20of%20indulgences,Church%20still%20believes%20in%20indulgences

https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-real-meaning-of-sola-scriptura/

*note, this list comes from A LOT of sources, including our friends at GotQuestions.org

1. FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA (325) – Affirmed the deity of Christ.

2. FIRST COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (381) – Clarified the nature of the Holy Spirit

3. COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (431) – Clarified the nature of Christ’s personhood. 

4. COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON (451) – Clarified the teaching concerning Christ’s nature and person, including the “hypostatic union.

5. SECOND COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (553) – Confirmed the conclusions of the first four councils.

6. THIRD COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (680–681) – Clarified the nature of Christ’s will.

7. SECOND COUNCIL OF NICAEA (787) – Established guidelines for the veneration of images.

8. FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (869) – Condemned a council that had not been authorized and The Council also reaffirmed the decisions of the Second Council of Nicaea in support of icons and holy images and required the image of Christ to have veneration equal with that of the gospel book.

9. FIRST LATERAN COUNCIL (1123) – Placed limitations on the ecclesiastical rights of lay princes and made plans for a crusade to regain territory lost to Muslims.

10. SECOND LATERAN COUNCIL (1139) – Condemned the errors of Arnold of Brescia

11. THIRD LATERAN COUNCIL (1179) – Condemned the Albigenses and Waldenses and issued numerous decrees for the reformation of morals.

12. FOURTH LATERAN COUNCIL (1215) – Added more condemnation of the Albigenses, condemned the Trinitarian errors of Abbot Joachim, and published other reformatory decrees.

13. FIRST COUNCIL OF LYONS (1245) – Excommunicated and deposed Emperor Frederick II and authorized a new crusade.

14. SECOND COUNCIL OF LYONS (1274) – Provided for a temporary reunion of the Greek Church with Rome and set rules for papal elections.

15. COUNCIL OF VIENNE (1311–1313) – Addressed crimes and errors imputed to the Knights Templar, the Fraticelli, the Beghards, and the Beguines. Also took on projects of a new crusade, the reformation of the clergy, and the teaching of Oriental languages in the universities.

16. COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE (1414–1418) – Ended the Great Schism by the election of Pope Martin V.

17. COUNCIL OF BASEL/FERRARA/FLORENCE (1431–1439) – Moved from city to city due to trouble. Resulted in temporary reunification with the Greek Church and made official the seven sacraments of Catholicism.

18. FIFTH LATERAN COUNCIL (1512–1517) – Authorized a new crusade against the Turks but was quickly overshadowed by the “trouble” caused by the Protestant Reformation.

19. COUNCIL OF TRENT (1545–1563) – Condemned the teachings of Luther and the Reformers and officially recognized the Apocrypha as canonical.

20. FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL (1869–1870) – Affirmed the infallibility of the Pope when speaking ex cathedra.

21. SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL (1962–1965) – One of the goals of Vatican II was to provide clarity on the topic of the role of the church in relation to the world at large.

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