Church order & councils
Who governs the Church, and how it decides: bishops, canons, creeds, and the councils from Nicaea to Vatican II.
Key terms: σύνοδος (synodos), canon, concilium, episcopus, ordinatio — the Day 14 terms index will link each term to its occurrences across the corpus.
- Epistle of Barnabas
- First Epistle to the Corinthians
- Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- Frequens (1417) — Decree on the Frequent Celebration of General Councils
- Sacrosancta (1415)
- Session I (1545): Decree Touching the Opening of the Council
- Session II (1546): Decree Touching the Manner of Living, and Other Matters to Be Observed, During the Council
- Session III (1546): Decree Touching the Symbol of Faith
- Session IV (1546): Decree Concerning the Canonical Scriptures
- Session IX (1547): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session V (1546): Decree Concerning Original Sin
- Session VI (1547): Decree on Justification
- Session VII (1547): Decree on the Sacraments
- Session VIII (1547): Decree Concerning the Translation of the Council
- Session X (1547): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XI (1551): Decree for Resuming the Council
- Session XII (1551)
- Session XIII (1551): Decree Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist
- Session XIV (1551): On the Most Holy Sacraments of Penance and Extreme Unction
- Session XIX (1562): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XV: Decree for Proroguing the Session
- Session XVI (1552): Decree for the Suspension of the Council
- Session XVII (1562): Decree for Celebrating the Council
- Session XVIII (1562): Decree on the Choice of Books; and for Inviting All Men on the Public Faith to the Council
- Session XX (1562): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XXI (1562): Decree on Communion under Both Species, and the Communion of Infants
- Session XXII (1562): Doctrine on the Sacrifice of the Mass
- Session XXIII (1563): The True and Catholic Doctrine, Touching the Sacrament of Order, Decreed and Published...
- Session XXIV (1563): Doctrine on the Sacrament of Matrimony
- Session XXV (1563): Decree Concerning Purgatory
- First Vatican Council (1869–1870): Dei Filius — Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith
- First Vatican Council (1869–1870): Pastor Aeternus — First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ
- Fourth Lateran Council (1215): Select Constitutions
- Epistle to Polycarp
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- Epistle to the Magnesians
- Epistle to the Philadelphians
- Epistle to the Romans
- Epistle to the Smyrnaeans
- Epistle to the Trallians
- Homilies on the Gospel of John
- Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew
- On the Priesthood
- Epistle to the Philippians
- The Martyrdom of Polycarp
- Ad Gentes — Decree on Missionary Activity
- Apostolicam Actuositatem — Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
- Christus Dominus — Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops
- Dei Verbum — Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
- Dignitatis Humanae — Declaration on Religious Freedom
- Gaudium et Spes — Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
- Gravissimum Educationis — Declaration on Christian Education
- Inter Mirifica — Decree on the Media of Social Communication
- Lumen Gentium — Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
- Nostra Aetate — Declaration on the Church's Relations with Non-Christian Religions
- Optatam Totius — Decree on Priestly Formation
- Orientalium Ecclesiarum — Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches
- Perfectae Caritatis — Decree on the Renewal of Religious Life
- Presbyterorum Ordinis — Decree on the Life and Ministry of Priests
- Sacrosanctum Concilium — Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
- Second Vatican Council (1962–1965): Index of the Sixteen Documents
- Unitatis Redintegratio — Decree on Ecumenism
- Ecclesiastical History
- Ecclesiastical History
- Chalcedon (451): The Definition, Tome of Leo, and Canons
- Constantinople I (381): Creed, Canons, and Letters
- Constantinople II (553): Capitula and Anathemas
- Constantinople III (680-81): The Definition and Decrees
- Ephesus (431): Anathematisms, Canons, and Decrees
- Nicaea I (325): Canons, Decrees, and Definitions
- Nicaea II (787): The Decree and Canons
- Ecclesiastical History
- The Didache
Barnabas
Clement of Rome
Clement of Rome (attributed)
Council of Constance
Council of Trent
First Vatican Council
Fourth Lateran Council
Ignatius of Antioch
John Chrysostom
Polycarp
Second Vatican Council
Socrates Scholasticus
Sozomen
The Ecumenical Councils
Theodoret of Cyrus
Unknown