The canons, creeds, definitions, letters and acts of the seven ecumenical councils, from Nicaea in 325 to the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, with the canons of the local synods and the apostolic and patristic canons the councils received. The editors' commentary is left out; the councils speak for themselves. In modern English from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers translation (1900), checked against it chapter by chapter.
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Contents
The Council of Ephesus (431)
1The First Session Opens2Cyril’s Second Letter to Nestorius3The Bishops Judge the Two Letters4Cyril’s Third Letter to Nestorius5The First Anathema: Mother of God6The Second Anathema: One Christ with His Own Flesh7The Third Anathema: A Natural Union8The Fourth Anathema: The Sayings Not Divided9The Fifth Anathema: Not a God-Bearing Man10The Sixth Anathema: The Word Is Not the God of Christ11The Seventh Anathema: The Glory of the Only Son Is His Own12The Eighth Anathema: One Worship of Emmanuel13The Ninth Anathema: He Worked by His Own Spirit14The Tenth Anathema: The Word Himself Is Our High Priest15The Eleventh Anathema: The Life-Giving Flesh16The Twelfth Anathema: The Word Suffered in the Flesh17The First Session Continued: The Letter of Capreolus18The Council’s Sentence Against Nestorius19The Second Session: The Legates from Rome Arrive20Celestine’s Letter to the Council21The Second Session Continued: The Bishops Acclaim Celestine22The Third Session: The Legates Confirm the Sentence23The Council’s Letter: The Bishops Who Withdrew24Canons 1–825The Council’s Letter About Bishop Eustathius26The Council’s Report to Pope Celestine27The Decree Against the Messalians28The Case of Euprepius and Cyril