THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS

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Volume XIV

Preface

General Introduction

Bibliographical Introduction

Appended Note on the Eastern Editions of Synodical Literature

Excursus on the History of the Roman Law and Its Relation to the Canon Law

The First Ecumenical Council; The First Council of Nice

Historical Introduction

The Nicene Creed

Excursus on the Word Homousios

Excursus on the Words Gennhqe/ta Ou0 Poihqe/nta

The Canons of the 318 Holy Fathers Assembled in the City of Nice, in Bithynia

Excursus on the Use of the Word "Canon."

Excursus on the Word Prosfe/rein

Excursus on the Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome Over the Suburbican Churches

Excursus on the Rise of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Excursus on the Chorepiscopi

Excursus on the Public Discipline or Exomologesis of the Early Church

Excursus on the Communion of the Sick

Excursus on the Translation of Bishops

Excursus on Usury

Excursus on the Deaconess of the Early Church

Excursus on the Number of the Nicene Canons

The Captions of the Arabic Canons Attributed to the Council of Nice

Proposed Action on Clerical Celibacy

The Synodal Letter

On the Keeping of Easter

Excursus on the Subsequent History of the Easter Question

The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra Neocaesarea, Antioch and Laodicea

Introductory Note to the Canons of the Provincial Synods

The Canons of the Council of Ancyra

Historical Note

Excursus on Second Marriages, Called Digamy

The Council of Neocaesarea

Historical Note

The Council of Gangra

Historical Introduction

Synodical Letter of the Council of Gangra

The Canons of the Holy Fathers Assembled at Gangra

Epilogue

The Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis

The Synodal Letter

The Canons of the Blessed and Holy Fathers Assembled at Antioch in Syria

Synod of Laodicea

Historical Introduction

The Canons of the Synod Held in the City of Laodicea, in Phrygia Pacatiana

Excursus on the Choir Offices of the Early Church

Excursus on the Worship of the Early Church. (Percival, H. R.: Johnson's Universal Cyclopoedia, Vol. V., S. V. Liturgics.)

Excursus on the Vestments of the Early Church

Excursus on the Minor Orders of the Early Church. (Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, Ignatius, Vol. I., P. 258.)

The Second Ecumenical Council. The First Council of Constantinople

Historical Introduction

The Holy Creed Which the 150 Holy Fathers Set Forth, Which is Consonant with the Holy and Great Synod of Nice

Introductory Note

Historical Excursus on the Introduction into the Creed of the Words "And the Son."

Historical Note on the Lost "Tome" Of the Second Council

Letter of the Same Holy Synod to the Most Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great, to Which are Appended the Canons Enacted by Them

Introduction on the Number of the Canons

Canons of the One Hundred and Fifty Fathers

Excursus on the Heresies Condemned in Canon I

Excursus on the Authority of the Second Ecumenical Council. (Hefele, History of the Councils, Vol. II., Pp. 370, Et Seqq.)

Council of Constantinople: the Synodical Letter

The Third Ecumenical Council.; The Council of Ephesus

Historical Introduction

Extracts from the Acts. Session I

The Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius

Extracts from the Acts. Session I. (Continued)

Historical Introduction to St. Cyril's Anathematisms

The Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius with the XII. Anathematisms

The XII. Anathematisms of St. Cyril Against Nestorius

Excursus on the Word Qeoto/koj

Excursus on How Our Lord Worked Miracles

Extracts from the Acts. Session I. (Continued)

Decree of the Council Against Nestorius. (Found in All the Concilia in Greek with Latin Versions.)

Extracts from the Acts. Session II

The Letter of Pope Coelestine to the Synod of Ephesus

Extracts from the Acts. Session II. (Continued.)

Extracts from the Acts. Session III

The Canons of the Two Hundred Holy and Blessed Fathers Who Met at Ephesus

Excursus on the Conciliabulum of John of Antioch

Excursus on Pelagianism

Excursus on the Words Pi/stin 0Epe/ran

The Letter of the Same Holy Synod of Ephesus, to the Sacred Synod in Pamphylia Concerning Eustathius Who Had Been Their Metropolitan

The Letter of the Synod to Pope Celestine

The Definition of the Holy and Ecumenical Synod of Ephesus Against the Impious Messalians

Decree of the Synod in the Matter of Euprepius and Cyril

The Fourth Ecumenical Council.; The Council of Chalcedon

General Introduction

Extracts from the Acts. Session I

Extracts from the Acts. Session II

The Letter of Cyril to John of Antioch

Extracts from the Acts. Session II. (Continued)

The Tome of St. Leo

Extracts from the Acts Session II. (Continued)

Session III

The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus

Extracts from the Acts. Session IV

Session V

The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon

Extracts from the Acts. Session VI

Decree on the Jurisdiction of Jerusalem and Antioch. Session VII

The Decree with Regard to the Bishop of Ephesus. Session XII

Decree with Regard to Nicomedia. Session XIII

The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon

Excursus on the Later History of Canon XXVIII

Extracts from the Acts. Session XVI

The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople

Historical Introduction

Excursus on the Genuineness of the Acts of the Fifth Council

Extracts from the Acts. Session I

Extracts from the Acts. Session VII

The Sentence of the Synod

The Capitula of the Council

Excursus on the XV Anathemas Against Origen

The Anathemas Against Origen

The Anathematisms of the Emperor Justinian Against Origen

The Decretal Epistle of Pope Vigilius in Confirmation of the Fifth Ecumenical Synod

Historical Note

The Sixth Ecumenical Council.; The Third Council of Constantinople

Historical Introduction

Extracts from the Acts. Session I

The Letter of Agatho, Pope of Old Rome, to the Emperor

The Letter of Agatho and of the Roman Synod of 125 Bishops

Extracts from the Acts. Session VIII

The Sentence Against the Monothelites. Session XIII

Session XVI

The Definition of Faith

The Prosphoneticus to the Emperor

Letter of the Council to St. Agatho

Excursus on the Condemnation of Pope Honorius

The Imperial Edict Posted in the Third Atrium of the Great Church Near What is Called Dicymbala

The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called the Quinisext Council

Introductory Note

The Canons of the Council in Trullo

Excursus on the Marriage of the Clergy

The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage

Introductory Note

The Council of Sardica

Introduction on the Date of the Council

The Canons of the Council of Sardica

Excursus on the Other Acts of the Council

Excursus as to Whether the Sardican Council Was Ecumenical

The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers Who Assembled at Carthage

Introductory Note

An Ancient Introduction

Council of Constantinople Held Under Nectarius

Introductory Note

The Council of Carthage Held Under Cyprian

Introductory Note

The Synod Held at Carthage Over Which Presided the Great and Holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage.A.D. 257

Epistle LXX

The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice

Introduction

The Divine Sacra Sent by the Emperors Constantine and Irene to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Hadrian, Pope of Old Rome

The Imperial Sacra. Read at the First Session

Extracts from the Acts. Session I

Extracts from the Acts. Session II

Part of Pope Hadrian's Letter

Extracts from the Acts. Session III

Extracts from the Acts. Session IV

Extracts from the Acts. Session VI

Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum

Excursus on the Conciliabulum Styling Itself the Seventh Ecumenical Council, But Commonly Called the Mock Synod of Constantinople

The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of Nice

Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject

The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council

The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress

Excursus on the Two Letters of Gregory II. To the Emperor Leo

Excursus on the Reception of the Seventh Council

Examination of the Caroline Books

Excursus on the Council of Frankfort, A.D., 794

Excursus on the Convention Said to Have Been Held in Paris, A.D. 825

Historical Note on the So-Called "Eighth General Council" And Subsequent Councils

Appendix

Prefatory Note

The Apostolical Canons

Introduction

The Letter of the Blessed Dionysius, the Archbishop of Alexandria to Basilides the Bishop

The Canons of the Blessed Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria, and Martyr, Which are Found in His Sermon on Penitence

The Canonical Epistle of St. Gregory

The Epistle of St. Athanasius to the Monk Ammus

The Epistle of the Same Athanasius Taken from the XXXIX. Festal Epistle

The Epistle of St Athanasius to Ruffinian

The First Canonical Epistle of Our Holy Father Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium

The Second Canonical Epistle of the Same

The Third Epistle of the Same to the Same

From an Epistle of the Same to the Blessed Amphilochius on the Difference of Meats

Of the Same to Diodorus Bishop of Tarsus, Concerning a Man Who Had Taken Two Sisters to Wife

Of the Same to Gregory a Presbyter, that He Should Separate from a Woman Who Dwelt with Him

Of the Same to the Chorepiscopi, that No Ordinations Should Be Made Contrary to the Canons

Of the Same to His Suffragans that They Should Not Ordain for Money

From Chapter XVII. Of the Book St. Basil Wrote to Blessed Amphilochius on the Holy Ghost

From the Letter of Basil the Great to the Nicopolitans

The Canonical Epistle of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, to St. Letoius, Bishop of Melitene

From the Metre Poems of St. Gregory Theologus, Specifying Which Books of the Old and New Testament Should Be Read

From the Iambics of St. Amphilochius the Bishop to Seleucus, on the Same Subject

The Canonical Answers of Timothy

The Prosphonesus of Theophilus, Archbishop of Alexandria, When the Holy Epiphanies Happened to Fall on a Sunday

The Commonitory of the Same Which Ammon Received on Account of Lycus

Of the Same to Agatho the Bishop

Of the Same to Menas the Bishop

The Narrative of the Same Concerning Those Called Cathari

The Canonical Epistle of Our Holy Father Among the Saints, Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, on the Hymns

Cyril to Domnus

Of the Same to the Bishops of Libya and Pentapolis

The Encyclical Letter of Gennadius