The Third Session

Constantine, the most holy bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, said: “Unworthy as I am, I find that the letter just read, which was sent from the East to Tarasius, the most holy archbishop and ecumenical patriarch, differs in no way from the confession of faith that he himself made before. To these I consent and become of one mind, receiving and saluting with honor the holy and venerable images. But the worship of adoration I reserve to the Trinity alone, which is above all being and gives life.” “Those who do not think so and do not teach so I cast out of the holy catholic and apostolic church; I strike them with anathema, and I hand them over to the lot of those who deny the incarnation of Christ our true God and his saving plan in the body.” [a]