Seventh Ecumenical Council
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 787, was a pivotal church council that affirmed the veneration of icons in Christian worship and condemned iconoclasm.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seventh Ecumenical Council canonical | 2 |
| Έβδομη Οικουμενική Σύνοδος της Νίκαιας | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22387313 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seventh Ecumenical Council Context triple: [First Sunday of Great Lent, commemorates, Seventh Ecumenical Council]
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A.
Sixth Ecumenical Council
The Sixth Ecumenical Council was a 7th-century Christian church council held in Constantinople that condemned the Monothelite heresy and affirmed that Christ has both a divine and a human will.
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B.
Eleventh Ecumenical Council
The Eleventh Ecumenical Council, better known as the Third Lateran Council (1179), was a major medieval church assembly that enacted significant reforms in papal elections and clerical discipline within the Roman Catholic Church.
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C.
Fourteenth Ecumenical Council
The Fourteenth Ecumenical Council, commonly known as the Second Council of Lyon (1274), was a major medieval church council that sought to address the East–West Schism and enact reforms within the Catholic Church.
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D.
Quinisext Council
The Quinisext Council, also known as the Council in Trullo, was a 7th-century Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical assembly that issued disciplinary canons to supplement the Fifth and Sixth Ecumenical Councils.
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E.
Fourth Council of Constantinople
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was an ecumenical council of the Christian Church held in 869–870 (recognized by the Roman Catholic Church) that addressed the Photian Schism and issues of papal authority and church discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seventh Ecumenical Council Target entity description: The Seventh Ecumenical Council, held in Nicaea in 787, was a pivotal church council that affirmed the veneration of icons in Christian worship and condemned iconoclasm.
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A.
Sixth Ecumenical Council
The Sixth Ecumenical Council was a 7th-century Christian church council held in Constantinople that condemned the Monothelite heresy and affirmed that Christ has both a divine and a human will.
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B.
Eleventh Ecumenical Council
The Eleventh Ecumenical Council, better known as the Third Lateran Council (1179), was a major medieval church assembly that enacted significant reforms in papal elections and clerical discipline within the Roman Catholic Church.
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C.
Fourteenth Ecumenical Council
The Fourteenth Ecumenical Council, commonly known as the Second Council of Lyon (1274), was a major medieval church council that sought to address the East–West Schism and enact reforms within the Catholic Church.
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D.
Quinisext Council
The Quinisext Council, also known as the Council in Trullo, was a 7th-century Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical assembly that issued disciplinary canons to supplement the Fifth and Sixth Ecumenical Councils.
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E.
Fourth Council of Constantinople
The Fourth Council of Constantinople was an ecumenical council of the Christian Church held in 869–870 (recognized by the Roman Catholic Church) that addressed the Photian Schism and issues of papal authority and church discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Seventh Ecumenical Council