Editing Ecumenical council (section)

===Further councils recognised as ecumenical by some Eastern Orthodox===
Eastern Orthodox catechisms teach that there are seven ecumenical councils<ref>[http://www.goholycross.org/studies/councils.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030003021/http://www.goholycross.org/studies/councils.html|date=30 October 2013}} "The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Orthodox Catholic Church", Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/doctrine/sources-of-christian-doctrine/the-councils] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523013055/http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/doctrine/sources-of-christian-doctrine/the-councils|date=23 May 2013}} "Sources of Christian Doctrine – The Councils", Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref> and there are feast days for seven ecumenical councils.<ref>[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/47851.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911114455/http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/47851.htm|date=11 September 2013}} "Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils", Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.anastasis.org.uk/octpate.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154945/http://www.anastasis.org.uk/octpate.htm|date=14 March 2012}} "OFFICE OF THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE SEVENTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL", Retrieved 11 August 2013</ref> Nonetheless, some Eastern Orthodox consider events like the Council of Constantinople of 879–880,<ref>"In 879, two years after the death of Patriarch Ignatius, another council was summoned (many consider it the Eighth Ecumenical Council), and again St. Photius was acknowledged as the lawful archpastor of the Church of Constantinople" ([http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100442 Orthodox Church in America)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065258/http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100442 |date=22 September 2012 }}.</ref> that of Constantinople in 1341–1351 and that of Jerusalem in 1672 to be ecumenical:
#[[Quinisext Council|Council in Trullo]] (692) debates on ritual observance and clerical discipline in different parts of the Christian Church.
#[[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox)]] (879–880) restored [[Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]] to the See of Constantinople. This happened after the death of Ignatius and with papal approval.
#[[Fifth Council of Constantinople]] (1341–1351) affirmed [[Hesychasm|hesychastic theology]] according to [[Gregory Palamas]] and condemned [[Barlaam of Seminara]].
#[[Synod of Iași]] (1642) reviewed and amended [[Peter Mogila]]'s ''Expositio fidei'' (''Statement of Faith'', also known as the ''Orthodox Confession'').
#[[Synod of Jerusalem (1672)]] defined Orthodoxy relative to Catholicism and Protestantism, defined the [[Development of the Christian Biblical canon|orthodox Biblical canon]].
#[[Council of Constantinople (1872)|Synod of Constantinople]] (1872) addressing with nationalism or [[phyletism]] in the unity of Orthodoxy.

It is unlikely that formal ecumenical recognition will be granted to these councils, despite the acknowledged orthodoxy of their decisions, so that seven are universally recognized among the Eastern Orthodox as ecumenical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/details.asp?ID=551|title=Documents|website=Orthodox Answers|date=5 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926040249/http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/details.asp?ID=551|archive-date=26 September 2010}}</ref>

The 2016 [[Pan-Orthodox Council]] was sometimes referred to as a potential "Eighth Ecumenical Council" following debates on several issues facing Eastern Orthodoxy; however, not all autocephalous churches were represented.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Towards the "Eighth" Ecumenical Council|url=http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/towards.aspx|access-date=12 September 2020|website=orthodoxinfo.com|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108101934/http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/towards.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>