<P> The council was convoked to deal with the contemporary problems of the rising influence of rationalism , liberalism , and materialism . Its purpose was , besides this , to define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ . There was discussion and approval of only two constitutions : the Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith and the First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ , the latter dealing with the primacy and infallibility of the Bishop of Rome . The first matter brought up for debate was the dogmatic draft of Catholic doctrine against the manifold errors due to rationalism . </P>
when was the first vatican council held and what two topics were discussed
the contemporary problems of the rising influence of rationalism , liberalism , and materialism define the Catholic doctrine concerning the Church of Christ