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==Synopsis==
The First Vatican Council was a council that was summoned by [[Pope Pius IX]]. The first session was held in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Nearly 800 church leaders attended. The [[pope]]'s two primary purposes were to define the dogma of [[Papal Infallibility]] and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism.
==Contents==
{{topics}}
* [[Roman Catholicism]]
* [[Second Vatican Council]]
{{opinions}}
{{quotes}}
==Main article==
The First Vatican Council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of June 29, 1868. The first session was held in Saint Peter's Basilica on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic church. Nearly 800 church leaders attended.
The pope's two primary purposes were to define the dogma of Papal Infallibility and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism.
==Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_I Wikipedia - First Vatican Council]
{{returnto}} [[Roman Catholicism]]
==Synopsis==
The First Vatican Council was a council that was summoned by [[Pope Pius IX]]. The first session was held in [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Nearly 800 church leaders attended. The [[pope]]'s two primary purposes were to define the dogma of [[Papal Infallibility]] and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism.
==Contents==
{{topics}}
* [[Roman Catholicism]]
* [[Second Vatican Council]]
{{opinions}}
{{quotes}}
==Main article==
The First Vatican Council was summoned by Pope Pius IX by the bull Aeterni Patris of June 29, 1868. The first session was held in Saint Peter's Basilica on December 8, 1869. It was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic church. Nearly 800 church leaders attended.
The pope's two primary purposes were to define the dogma of Papal Infallibility and to obtain confirmation of the position he had taken in his Syllabus of Errors (1864), condemning a wide range of positions associated with rationalism, liberalism, and materialism.
==Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_I Wikipedia - First Vatican Council]
{{returnto}} [[Roman Catholicism]]
