The Seven Ecumenical Councils

The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra, Neocaesarea, Antioch and Laodicea, which Canons were Accepted and Received by the Ecumenical Synods.
The Canons of the Provincial Synods which in this Volume are Interjected Between the First and the Second Ecumenical Councils.

The Council of Ancyra a.d. 314

The Canons of the Council of Ancyra

Canon I

The Council of Neocaesarea a.d. 315 (circa)

The Canons of the Holy and Blessed Fathers Who Assembled at Neocaesarea, Which are Indeed Later in Date Than Those Made at Ancyra, But More Ancient Than the Nicene: However, the Synod of Nice Has Been Placed Before Them on Account of Its Peculiar Dignity

The Council of Gangra a.d. 325–381

Synodical Letter of the Council of Gangra

The Canons of the Holy Fathers Assembled at Gangra, Which Were Set Forth After the Council of Nice

The Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis a.d. 341

The Synodal Letter

The Canons of the Blessed and Holy Fathers Assembled at Antioch in Syria

Synod of Laodicea a.d. 343–381

The Canons of the Synod Held in the City of Laodicea, in Phrygia Pacatiana, in which Many Blessed Fathers from Divers Provinces of Asia Were Gathered Together

The Second Ecumenical Council
The First Council of Constantinople a.d. 381

The Creed

Letter of the Same Holy Synod to the Most Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great, to Which are Appended the Canons Enacted by Them

Canons of the One Hundred and Fifty Fathers who assembled at Constantinople during the Consulate of those Illustrious Men, Flavius Eucherius and Flavius Evagrius on the VII of the Ides of July

Council of Constantinople
a.d. 382. The Synodical Letter

The Third Ecumenical Council
The Council of Ephesus a.d. 431

Extracts from the Acts
Session I

The Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius

Extracts from the Acts
Session I. (Continued)

The Epistle of Cyril to Nestorius with the XII. Anathematisms

The XII. Anathematisms of St. Cyril Against Nestorius

The Anathematisms of the Heretic Nestorius Against Cyril

Extracts from the Acts
Session I. (Continued)

Decree of the Council Against Nestorius

Extracts from the Acts
Session II

The Letter of Pope Coelestine to the Synod of Ephesus

Extracts from the Acts
Session II. (Continued.)

Extracts from the Acts
Session III

The Canons of the Two Hundred Holy and Blessed Fathers Who Met at Ephesus

The Letter of the Same Holy Synod of Ephesus, to the Sacred Synod in Pamphylia Concerning Eustathius Who Had Been Their Metropolitan

The Letter of the Synod to Pope Celestine

The Definition of the Holy and Ecumenical Synod of Ephesus Against the Impious Messalians Who are Also Called Euchetae and Enthusiasts

Decree of the Synod in the Matter of Euprepius and Cyril

The Fourth Ecumenical Council
The Council of Chalcedon a.d. 451

Extracts from the Acts
Session I

Extracts from the Acts
Session II

The Letter of Cyril to John of Antioch

Extracts from the Acts
Session II. (Continued)

The Tome of St. Leo

Extracts from the Acts
Session II. (continued)

Session III

The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus

Extracts from the Acts
Session IV

Session V

The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon

Extracts from the Acts
Session VI

Decree on the Jurisdiction of Jerusalem and Antioch
Session VII

The Decree with Regard to the Bishop of Ephesus
Session XII

Decree with Regard to Nicomedia
Session XIII

Extracts from the Acts
Session XVI

The Fifth Ecumenical Council
The Second Council of Constantinople a.d. 553

Extracts from the Acts
Session I

Extracts from the Acts
Session VII

The Sentence of the Synod

The Capitula of the Council

The Anathemas Against Origen

The Anathematisms of the Emperor Justinian Against Origen

The Decretal Epistle of Pope Vigilius in Confirmation of the Fifth Ecumenical Synod

The Sixth Ecumenical Council
The Third Council of Constantinople a.d. 680–681

Extracts from the Acts
Session I

The Letter of Agatho, Pope of Old Rome, to the Emperor, and the Letter of Agatho and of 125 Bishops of the Roman Synod, Addressed to the Sixth Council

The Letter of Pope Agatho

The Letter of Agatho and of the Roman Synod of 125 Bishops which was to Serve as an Instruction to the Legates Sent to Attend the Sixth Synod

Extracts from the Acts
Session VIII

The Sentence Against the Monothelites
Session XIII

Session XVI

The Definition of Faith

The Prosphoneticus to the Emperor

Letter of the Council to St. Agatho

The Imperial Edict Posted in the Third Atrium of the Great Church Near What is Called Dicymbala

The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council a.d. 692

The Canons of the Council in Trullo

The Council of Sardica a.d. 343 or 344

The Canons of the Council of Sardica

Canon XVIII. (Of the Latin.)

Canon XII. (Of the Latin Texts.)

The Canons of the CCXVII Blessed Fathers who assembled at Carthage
Commonly Called The Code of Canons of the African Church a.d. 419

The Profession of Faith of the Nicene Council

Canon XVIII. (Gk. xviii. The Latin caption is the canon of the Greek.)

Canon XIX. (Greek xxii.)

Canon XX. (Greek xxiii.)

Canon XXI. (Greek xxiv.)

Canon XXII. (Greek xxv.)

Canon XXIII. (Greek xxvi.)

Canon XXIV. (Greek xxvii.)

Canon XXV. (Greek xxviii.)

Canon XXVI. (Greek xxix.)

Canon XXVII. (Greek xxx.)

Canon XXVIII. (Greek xxxi.)

Canon XXIX. (Greek xxxii.)

Canon XXX. (Greek xxxiii.)

Canon XXXI. (Greek xxxiv.)

Canon XXXII. (Greek xxxv.)

Canon XXXIII. (Greek xxxvi.)

Canon XXXIV. (Greek xxxvii.)

Canon XXXV. (Greek xxxviii.)

Canon XXXVI. (Greek xxxix.)

Canon XXXVII. (Greek xl.)

Canon XXXVIII. (Greek xli.)

Canon XXXIX. (Greek xlii.)

Canon XL. (Greek xliii.)

Canon XLI. (Greek xliv.)

Canon XLII. (Greek xiv.)

Canon XLIII. (Greek xlvi.)

Canon XLIV. (Greek xlvii.)

Canon XLV. (Greek xlviii.)

Canon XLVI. (Greek l.)

Canon XLVII. (Greek li.)

Canon XLVIII. (Greek lii.)

Canon XLIX. (Greek liii.)

Canon L. (Greek liv.)

Canon LI. (Greek lv.)

Canon LII. (Greek lvi.)

Canon LIII. (Greek lvii.)

Canon LIV. (Greek lviii.)

Canon LV. (Greek lix.)

Canon LVI. (Greek lx.)

Canon LVII. (Greek lxi.)

Canon LVIII. (Greek lxii.)

Canon LIX. (Greek lxiii.)

Canon LX. (Greek lxiii.)

Canon LXI. (Greek lxiv.)

Canon LXII. (Greek lxv.)

Canon LXIII. (Greek lxvi.)

Canon LXIV. (Greek lxvii.)

Canon LXV. (Greek lxviii.)

Canon LXVI. (Greek lxix.)

Canon LXVII. (Greek lxx.)

Canon LXVIII. (Greek lxxi.)

Canon LXIX. (Greek lxxii.)

Canon LXX. (Greek lxxiii.)

Canon LXXI. (Greek lxxiv.)

Canon LXXII. (Greek lxxv.)

Canon LXXIII. (Greek lxxvi.)

Canon LXXIV. (Greek lxxvii.)

Canon LXXV. (Greek lxxviii.)

Canon LXXVI. (Greek lxxix.)

Canon LXXVII. (Greek lxxx.)

Canon LXXVIII. (Greek lxxxi.)

Canon LXXIX. (Greek lxxxii.)

Canon LXXX. (Greek lxxxiii.)

Canon LXXXI. (Greek lxxxiv.)

Canon LXXXII. (Greek lxxxv.)

Canon LXXXIII. (Greek lxxxvi.)

Canon LXXXIV. (Greek lxxxvii.)

Canon LXXXV. (Greek lxxxviii.)

Canon LXXXVI. (Greek lxxxix.)

Canon LXXXVII. (Greek xc.)

Canon LXXXVIII. (Greek xci.)

Canon LXXXIX. (Greek xcii.)

Canon XC. (Greek xciii.)

Canon XCI. (Greek xciv.)

Canon XCII. (Greek xcv.)

Canon XCIII. (Greek xcvi.)

Canon XCIV. (Greek xcvii.)

Canon XCV. (Greek xcviii.)

Canon XCVI. (Greek xcix.)

Canon XCVII. (Greek c.)

Canon XCVIII. (Greek cii.)

Canon XCIX. (Greek ciii.)

Canon C. (Greek civ.)

Canon CI. (Greek civ. bis)

Canon CII. (Greek cv.)

Canon CIII. (Greek cvi.)

Canon CIV. (Greek cvii.)

Canon CV. (Greek cviii.)

Canon CVI. (Greek cix.)

Canon CVII. (Greek cx. continued.)

Canon CVIII. (Greek cxii.)

Canon CIX. (Greek cxij. continued.)

Canon CX. (Greek cxii. bis)

Canon CXI. (Greek cxiij.)

Canon CXII. (Greek cxiij. continued.)

Canon CXIII. (Greek cxiiii.)

Canon CXIV. (Greek cxv.)

Canon CXV. (Greek cxvi.)

Canon CXVI. (Greek cxvii.)

Canon CXVII. (Greek cxviii.)

Canon CXVIII. (Greek cxix.)

Canon CXIX. (Greek cxx.)

Canon CXX. (Greek cxxi.)

Canon CXXI. (Greek cxxii.)

Canon CXXII. (Greek cxxiii.)

Canon CXXIII. (Greek cxxiv.)

Canon CXXIV. (Greek cxxv.)

Canon CXXV. (Greek cxxvi.)

Canon CXXVI. (Greek cxxvii.)

Canon CXXVII. (Greek cxxviii.)

Canon CXXVIII. (Greek cxxix.)

Canon CXXIX. (Greek cxxx.)

Canon CXXX. (Greek cxxxi.)

Canon CXXXI. (Greek CXXXII.)

Canon CXXXII. (Greek cxxxiii.)

Canon CXXXIII. (Greek cxxxiv.)

Canon CXXXIV. (Continuation of cxxxv. in the Greek.)

Canon CXXXV. (Not numbered in the Greek.)

Canon CXXXVI. (Not numbered in the Greek but with a new heading.)

Canon CXXXVII. (Continuation of the last in the Greek.)

Canon CXXXVIII. (Not numbered in the Greek.)

Council of Constantinople held under Nectarius a.d. 394

Council of Constantinople Under Nectarius of Constantinople and Theophilus of Alexandria a.d. 394

The Council of Carthage held under Cyprian a.d. 257

The Synod held at Carthage over which presided the Great and Holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage a.d. 257

The Seventh Ecumenical Council
The Second Council of Nice a.d. 787

The Divine Sacra Sent by the Emperors Constantine and Irene to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Hadrian, Pope of Old Rome

The Imperial Sacra
Read at the First Session

Extracts from the Acts
Session I

Extracts from the Acts
Session II

Extracts from the Acts
Session III

Extracts from the Acts
Session IV

Extracts from the Acts
Session VI

The Decree of the Holy, Great, Ecumenical Synod, the Second of Nice

The Canons of the Holy and Ecumenical Seventh Council

The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress

Appendix containing Canons and Rulings not having Conciliar Origin but Approved by Name in Canon II. of the Synod in Trullo

The Canons of the Holy and Altogether August Apostles

Canon I

Canon II

Canon III. (III. and IV.)

Canon XII. and XIII (XIII.)

Canon XXV. (XXV. and XXVI.)

Canon XXVI. (XXVII.)

Canon XXVII. (XXVIII.)

Canon XXVIII. (XXIX.)

Canon XXIX. (XXX.)

Canon XXX. (XXXI.)

Canon XXXI. (XXXII.)

Canon XXXII. (XXXIII.)

Canon XXXIII. (XXXIV.)

Canon XXXIV. (XXXV.)

Canon XXXV. (XXXVI.)

Canon XXXVI. (XXXVII.)

Canon XXXVII. (XXXVIII.)

Canon XXXVIII. (XXXIX.)

Canon XXXIX. (XL.)

Canon XL. (XL. Continued.)

I
The Letter of the Blessed Dionysius, the Archbishop of Alexandria to Basilides the Bishop who made Enquiries on Various Subjects, to which Dionysius made Answer in this Epistle, which Answers have been received as Canons

II
The Canons of the Blessed Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria, and Martyr, which are found in his Sermon on Penitence

III
The Canonical Epistle of St. Gregory, Archbishop of Neocaesarea, who is called Thaumaturgus, concerning Them that, During the Incursion of the Barbarians, Ate of Things Offered to Idols and Committed Certain Other Sins

IV
The Epistle of St. Athanasius to the Monk Ammus

Letter of St. Athanasius to the Monk Ammus

V
The First Canonical Epistle of Our Holy Father Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia to Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium

VI
The Canonical Epistle of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, to St. Letoius, Bishop of Melitene

VII
From the Metre Poems of St. Gregory Theologus, Specifying which Books of the Old and New Testament Should Be Read

St. Gregory Theologus, Specifying which Books of the Old and New Testament Should Be Read

VIII
From the Iambics of St. Amphilochius the Bishop to Seleucus, on the Same Subject

St. Amphilochius the Bishop to Seleucus, on the Same Subject

IX
The Canonical Answers of Timothy the Most Holy Bishop of Alexandria, Who was One of the CL Fathers Gathered Together at Constantinople, to the Questions Proposed to Him concerning Bishops and Clerics

X
The Prosphonesus of Theophilus, Archbishop of Alexandria, When the Holy Epiphanies Happened to Fall on a Sunday

XI
The Canonical Epistle of Our Holy Father Among the Saints, Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, on the Hymns

The Canonical Epistle of Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, on the Hymns

XII
The Encyclical Letter of Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople and of the Holy Synod Met with Him to All the Holy Metropolitans and to the Pope of the City of Rome

The Letter of Gennadius, and of the Holy Synod to All the Holy Metropolitans and to the Pope of the City of Rome

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils