Irrelevant to you, Cantarella, which doesn't mean much to me. I'll take Fr. Hesse's view any day, over that of a layman.
There's more to the video, which I will watch. Father isn't just basing his view on the fact that the first eight councils weren't even called by a pope. There's more to it than that.
Hah, you'll take any view that agrees with your own. You've already demonstrated that time and again. You admit having watched only a few minutes of the video but already "take" his view. Would be funny if about 30 minutes in he denounces flat earthers. Since you take his view over that of a layman, why don't you ask him what he believes about the flat earth, and if he rejects it, you need to follow his lead ... since you should take his view over yours. Hypocrite.
Cantarella is absolutely correct the papal ratification is what defines an Ecuмenical Council.