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 Second Council of Nicaea (787)
1The Emperors’ Letter to Pope Hadrian2The Emperors’ Letter to the Council3The First Session4The Second Session5The Third Session6The Fourth Session7The Sixth Session8The Definition of the Council of 754 Against Images9The Council’s Definition on the Holy Images10Canons 1–511Canons 6–1512Canons 16–2213The Council’s Letter to the Emperor and Empress