St. Peter presided at the Council of Jerusalem in the Acts of the Apostles, and the Catholic Church has followed that biblical model ever since. Pope Pius IX (center, seated on throne) convenes the ...

Acts 15:22-23, 28-29 (RSV) Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas ...

This is Italian sculptor Angelo de Rossi’s depiction of the Apostle James, who led the Council at Jerusalem after Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. De Rossi lived from 1671-1715.

The CHAIRMAN introduced the members to the Supreme Moslem Council and stated that the task of the Committee on Jerusalem was limited to the elaboration of an international statute for Jerusalem as ...