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It was suspended following the capture of Rome and never resumed, nor was it ever officially closed. It is therefore still in session and no other ecumenical council may be held.
This article might almost have been written by an ultra-traditionalist Catholic. The discussion of opposition to the dogma of papal infallibility is weak. And yes, Pius IX was interested in having the Council define Papal Infallibility, and made no particular secret of it. Jhobson1 17:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
As per my recent trip to the Vatican, a plaque mentioned that "two bishops, out of 435, voted against the principle of papal infallibility" - I was curious if it was known which two bishops were dissenting, or if it were a secret ballot whose dissenters were never known? Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead) 22:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Dom Cuthbert Butler"The Vatican Council 1870" (1964) provides an exhaustive account based on Bishop Ullathorne's letters. Voting was not secret but open.
The article is interesting, but concentrates solely on infallibility. Shouldn't there be a general intro to the council, and coverage of other topics discussed. The infallibility section might well merit a page of its own, under a suitable title. 'First Vatical Council' is surely not that title. 82.152.219.37 (talk) 18:44, 24 February 2009 (UTC)Benedict Heal
I find very peculiar the insertion, based on a 1909 book according to which "According to the original plan, the Temporal Dogma was to have been the first item on the Council’s agenda, but subsequently the Infallibility Dogma was placed first." Temporal "dogma"?! "Infallibility Dogma placed first"?! The first document that the Council produced was that on the Catholic Faith (24 April 1870). It was three months later that the document on the Church, which included the question of infallibility, was produced (18 July 1870).
I doubt too that insertion about a rumour that the Council would be reopened in Malta or Trent is of sufficient importance to keep in the article, but I feel that the first insertion is certainly not for keeping, especially in the lead. Soidi (talk) 12:50, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
PLease how can the Civita Cattolica be regarded as an authority - it was an extremm untra-montanist paper? Bishop Ullathorne seems to have been unaware of the idea of any scheme to elevate the temporal power into a dogma. Most or the bishops were uneasy about the Syllabus of Errors and the Bull Unam Sanctam in so far as they affected temporal power. Bellarmine's doctrine on the subject seems to have been generally rejected in Anglo-Saxon and German lands.(see Butler) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.240.10 (talk) 23:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC) It would be useful to distinguish between the power of the Pope as a temporal ruler of the Papal States, and the power claimed by the Medieval Popes and defened by Bellarmine of deposing rulers and having jurisdiction on temporal matters. Neither was defended at the Council. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.240.10 (talk) 23:20, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
In my opinion, a competent editor should restore the reference from Chapter XXXIII of Raffaele De Cesare's http://books.google.com/books?id=0XcpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA422&dq=%22the+last+days+of+papal+rome%22#v=onepage&q=%22the%20last%20days%20of%20papal%20rome%22&f=false , which starts with: "The first idea of convening an Ecumenical Council in Rome to elevate the temporal power into a dogma, originated in the third centenary of the Council of Trent, which took place in that city in December, 1863, and was attended by a number of Austrian and Hungarian prelates." The chapter then states that Austria had recognized the Kingdom of Italy after the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. Consequently, because of this and other substantial political changes: "The Civiltà Cattolica suggested that the Papal Infallibility should be substituted for the dogma of temporal power ..." Italus (talk) 21:01, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
This appears to be an internet legend. There are a lot of official and semi-official internet resources on both Vatican Councils and not one of them cites a document closing Vatican I. 47.20.164.204 (talk) 15:42, 3 May 2014 (UTC)captcrisis
The constitution was accepted not with 433, but with 533 votes. Source eg. Giuseppe Alberigo (cur.), Storia dei concili ecumenici, Editrice Queriniana, 1990. The other languages of Wikipedia have 533 too already, by the way. 80.108.105.80 (talk) 09:10, 18 July 2023 (UTC)