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The Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD)

Second Council of Nicaea · 787 AD

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Post-Nicene

The seventh ecumenical council, which condemned iconoclasm and restored the veneration of icons.

Table of Contents

1The Divine Sacra Sent by the Emperors Constantine and Irene to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Hadrian, Pope of Old Rome2The Imperial Sacra3Extracts from the Acts. Session I4Extracts from the Acts. Session II5Extracts from the Acts. Session III6Extracts from the Acts. Session IV7Extracts from the Acts. Session VI8Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 7549The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of Nice10Canon I11Canon II12Canon III13Canon IV14Canon V15Canon VI16Canon VII17Canon VIII18Canon IX19Canon X20Canon XI21Canon XII22Canon XIII23Canon XIV24Canon XV25Canon XVI26Canon XVII27Canon XVIII28Canon XIX29Canon XX30Canon XXI31Canon XXII32The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress33Authorship of the Caroline Books34Authority of the Caroline Books35The Chief Cause of Trouble a Logomachy36Historical Note on the So-Called “Eighth General Council” and Subsequent Councils