Both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches recognize seven councils in the early years of the church, but Catholics also recognize several councils called in later years by the Pope, whose authority the Eastern Orthodox do not accept. Since the seventh ecumenical council, the Eastern Orthodox have had what they call Pan-Orthodox councils with representatives of all Eastern Orthodox churches, but they have not claimed that these councils were ecumenical. That would require including the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the Pan-Orthodox councils either.
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