The whole idea of another \"Ecumenical\" Council is a little odd, I think. I mean, you can\'t just say, \"We\'re going to have an Ecumenical Council now.\" It doesn\'t work that way. There have been large councils, bigger than some of the Seven, which ended up being condemned as heretical. If there really was ever going to be an \"Eighth,\" its status as Ecumenical would not be able to be determined by its participants. The Holy Spirit would have to reveal it to have been truly Ecumenical and the Church would have to accept it as such.
Anyway, as for the Creed, the Second (I think.. maybe the Third) Ecumenical Council forbade any additions to or subtractions from the Creed. The Creed is a concise statement of the absoulte core of Christian doctrine. Other issues have arisen since (five more undisputed Ecumenical Councils were called after the Creed was finalized, to say nothing of all the other major councils), but none of them felt the need to modify the Creed. St. Gregory Palamas didn\'t call for an addendum to specify that we can participate in God\'s uncreated energies. I can\'t imagine any justification for changing the Creed in any way whatsoever.
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