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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 II5Part of Pope Hadrian’s Letter.6Extracts from the Acts. Session III7Extracts from the Acts. Session IV8Extracts from the Acts. Session VI9Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 75410The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of Nice11Canon I12Canon II13Canon III14Canon IV15Canon V16Canon VI17Canon VII18Canon VIII19Canon IX20Canon X21Canon XI22Canon XII23Canon XIII24Canon XIV25Canon XV26Canon XVI27Canon XVII28Canon XVIII29Canon XIX30Canon XX31Canon XXI32Canon XXII33The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress34Authorship of the Caroline Books35Authority of the Caroline Books36The Chief Cause of Trouble a Logomachy37Historical Note on the So-Called “Eighth General Council” and Subsequent Councils
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