Comentariu la cauzele formulării dogmelor Bisericii creştine
Commentary on the causes of the formulation of the dogmas of the Christian Church

Summary/Abstract: For Christians, the Synod or the Ecumenical Council represents a meeting of bishops or the assembly of all those that debate the teachings of Christianity or universally valid pastoral orientations. The acknowledgement of the decisions taken by the Ecumenical synods or councils can be related to different church orientations. Thus, the Assyrians acknowledge the decisions taken by the first two ecumenical synods; the Chalcedonies acknowledge the decisions of the first three of them; the Lutherans acknowledge the decisions of the first four ecumenical councils, The Orthodox community acknowledges the first seven whereas the Catholics acknowledge twenty one synods or ecumenical councils. Among the positive reasons that stay behind the organization of such synodal works one can mention: the need to have a shorter and better generally understood faith formula; the need of the church to have a clear, worldwide organization and presentation once the status of tolerance was recognized through the Edict of the Mediolanum issued by Constantine the Great in 313.The negative reasons are the heresies and all the other Orthodox faith deviations which were the result of some wrong interpretations of the sacred texts. They were extremely dangerous for the church, as an institution, because their followers organized themselves in separate communities promoting a less Christian doctrine.

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