Vatican Council
noun
- each of two general councils of the Roman Catholic Church, held in 1869-70 and 1962-5. The first (Vatican Ⅰ) proclaimed the infallibility of the Pope when speaking ex cathedra; the second (Vatican Ⅱ) made numerous reforms, abandoning the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledging ecumenism梵蒂冈会议（天主教在梵蒂冈召开的两次大会; 第一次于1869-1870年召开, 宣布教皇阐述教义永无谬误; 第二次于1962-1965年召开, 做出许多革新, 放弃统一的拉丁文礼拜仪式, 承认普世教会主义）。