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Various Church Fathers

The Seventh Ecumenical Council.  The Second Council of Nice.

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Contents 44 sections

  1. Title Page.Front matter
  2. Introduction.
  3. The Divine Sacra Sent by the Emperors Constantine and Irene to the Most Holy and Most Blessed Hadrian, Pope of Old Rome.
  4. The Imperial Sacra.
  5. Extracts from the Acts.  Session I.
  6. Extracts from the Acts.  Session II.
  7. Extracts from the Acts.  Session III.
  8. Extracts from the Acts.  Session IV.
  9. Extracts from the Acts.  Session VI.
  10. Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 754.
  11. Excursus on the Conciliabulum Styling Itself the Seventh Ecumenical Council, But Commonly Called the Mock Synod of Constantinople.
  12. Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject.
  13. Canon I.
  14. Canon II.
  15. Canon III.
  16. Canon IV.
  17. Canon V.
  18. Canon VI.
  19. Canon VII.
  20. Canon VIII.
  21. Canon IX.
  22. Canon X.
  23. Canon XI.
  24. Canon XII.
  25. Canon XIII.
  26. Canon XIV.
  27. Canon XV.
  28. Canon XVI.
  29. Canon XVII.
  30. Canon XVIII.
  31. Canon XIX.
  32. Canon XX.
  33. Canon XXI.
  34. Canon XXII.
  35. The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress.
  36. Excursus on the Two Letters of Gregory II. To the Emperor Leo.
  37. Excursus on the Reception of the Seventh Council.
  38. Authorship of the Caroline Books.
  39. Authority of the Caroline Books.
  40. Contents of the Caroline Books.
  41. The Chief Cause of Trouble a Logomachy.
  42. Excursus on the Council of Frankfort, A.D. 794.
  43. Excursus on the Convention said to have been held in Paris, A.D. 825.
  44. Historical Note on the So-Called “Eighth General Council” and Subsequent Councils.

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