council

A meeting of church leaders to discuss and decide church matters

A formal meeting of church leaders from across the Christian world to decide religious beliefs and rules

A council in some Christian churches that makes rules and decisions

A group in the United Nations that works to keep peace between countries

A group of elected people who run a city and make its laws and manage its money

A person elected or chosen to serve on a council that makes local decisions

A government group that advises the leader about national security, foreign policy, the military, and intelligence agencies

A group of government economists who help the President of the United States make decisions about the economy

One of two major meetings of Catholic Church leaders at the Vatican

A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches

A room where local officials meet to make decisions for a town or city

A group of older people in a community who give advice and make decisions

A group of elected people who manage local services in a county

A group of people who make laws for a state or country

A group in NATO that makes political decisions and includes permanent representatives from each member country

A group of advisers for a king, queen, or head of state

Meetings of the Catholic Church in Trento from 1545 to 1563 that made Catholic teaching clearer and changed practice

A formal meeting of church leaders from across the Christian world to decide religious beliefs and rules

A group of people who help run a government and make important decisions

A major meeting of Catholic church leaders in Rome between the 1100s and 1500s

A tax charged by the local council based on a home's value and the people living there

A large table that council members sit around during meetings

A United Nations body that coordinates economic and social programs

A 1215 meeting of Catholic church leaders that set important church rules and beliefs

A United Nations body that helped trust territories prepare to govern themselves

A group of people from many countries who meet to make decisions about global problems

A group of Christian churches from many countries that work together for unity and social action

A secret Irish republican armed group that formed in 1994 and is called a terrorist group by some governments

A meeting of Catholic church leaders from 1431 to 1449 to discuss reforms and unity

A meeting in 451 where church leaders say that Jesus is both human and divine

A meeting of Roman Catholic leaders from 1414 to 1418 that ended a long split over the pope

A church meeting in 431 that says Mary is the mother of God and rejects Pelagius's ideas

A church meeting in 1311–1312 that looks into the Knights Templar, plans a crusade, and starts changes for priests

A table where council or committee members sit during a meeting

A group set up by the UN Economic and Social Council to study and advise on economic or social issues

A Palestinian armed group that split from the PLO in 1974 and carried out attacks in several countries

A council of Catholic leaders in Rome 1512–1517 that made church reforms and planned a crusade against the Turks

A large meeting of Christian leaders in 381 that added words about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed

A 1245 church meeting that removed Emperor Frederick II from the church and planned a new crusade

A meeting of Christian leaders in 325 that made the Nicene Creed and declared Arianism wrong

A 1123 meeting at Lateran Palace where church leaders set rules for the Western Church and plan a new crusade

A meeting of leaders of the Catholic Church in 1869–1870 that said the pope cannot be wrong when speaking officially

A meeting of church leaders in 869–870 that condemned Photius and helped cause the split between eastern and western churches

A meeting of church leaders in 692 in Constantinople that set rules for the Eastern Orthodox Church

A meeting of Christian leaders in 553 that declared some teachings wrong, including writings by Origen

A meeting of Christian church leaders in 1274 that briefly reunites the Eastern and Western churches

A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship

An important meeting of church leaders in Rome in 1139 that made changes to church rules

A church council in 680 and 681 that says Christ has a divine will and a human will

A church meeting in 1179 at the Lateran in Rome that condemned some religious groups and made church reforms

A group of employees chosen by workers to speak to managers about pay and work conditions