Eso no estaba en mi libro de historia de los concilios

Did you know that a pope was tried after his death? Or that there were councils that were never officially recognized, yet secretly attempted to change history? This book invites you to discover the lesser-known —and most fascinating— side of Church councils. With a lively style full of anecdotes, human tensions, and unexpected revelations, Jesús Galisteo Leiva immerses us in the intricacies of the great councils: from Nicaea to Vatican II, including forgotten, scandalous, and outright forbidden episodes. This is not an academic chronicle or a treatise reserved for specialists. It is a critical, entertaining, and well-documented look at councils as stages for power, intrigue, and passion: popes in conflict, heresies condemned, dogmas debated, bishops conspiring, saints who doubted, and silences that speak louder than official documents. From the Cadaver Synod, where a deceased pope was judged, to the debates that still resonate in the Church today, this work reveals that councils were not only religious acts, but also socio-political and profoundly human.