Council of Florence
The Council of Florence The council was transferred to Florence on 10 January 1439 . There, in the session on 6 July 1439, the decree of union with the Greek church was approved. Subsequently decrees of union with the Armenian and Coptic churches were approved. Finally the council was transferred to Rome on 24 February 1443. What was the purpose of the Council of Florence in 1439? Council of Ferrara-Florence, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic church (1438–45) in which the Latin and Greek churches tried to reach agreement on their doctrinal differences and end the schism between them . What was the significance of the Council of Florence? One advantage, at least, resulted from the Council of Florence: it proclaimed before both Latins and Greeks that the Roman pontiff was the foremost ecclesiastical authority in Christendom ; and Eugene IV was able to arrest the schism which had been threatening the Western Church anew (see COUNCIL OF BASLE). Who rejected the Council of Flore