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~~__NOTOC__~~{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name =~~=Synopsis==~~Vatican I[[Image:Pius ix.jpg|thumb|[[Pius IX]], instigator of the council which affirmed his absolute authority within the [[Roman Catholic Church]].]]|The First Vatican Council was a council of the Roman Catholic Church 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. subtopics =~~=Contents==~~ ~~{{topics}}~~* [[Ultramonatism]] | [[Papal Infallibility]] | [[Pius IX]]

* [[Roman Catholicism]] | [[Old Catholic Church]]

* [[Second Vatican Council]]|opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}} |}}

~~{{opinions}}~~ ~~{{quotes}}~~The First Vatican Council was a council of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] held in 1869-1870 and become famous (or infamous) for confirming [[Papal Infallibility]] as official doctrine of the Roman Church.

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The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War interrupted the council. It was suspended following the entry of the Italian Army in Rome, the so-called capture of Rome, and never resumed. It was not officially closed until decades later in 1960 by [[Pope John XXIII]], when it was formally brought to an end as part of the preparations for the [[Second Vatican Council]]. The First Vatican Council marked the triumph of the [[ultramontanist]] movement, which supported a central Vatican-based government of the Church. An increasing awareness of their own identity among Roman Catholics worldwide was detected, and the numbers of converts to Catholicism as well as the numbers of vocations to the religious and priestly life increased, along with clearly pro-Catholic political activity of Catholics in their native countries. Along with this, a stronger involvement of laymen in the outward working of the Catholic Church evolved, and the council would indirectly lead to the stimulation of the Liturgical Movement, which would particularly flourish under Pope Pius X.

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==Links==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_I Wikipedia - First Vatican Council]

* [http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddn4v5jr_136c6d3gt Essay on the Impact of the First Vatican Council]

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