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Canons of the Seven Ecumenical Councils

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Contents 17 sections

  1. Introduction.
  2. Canon I.
  3. Excursus on the Conciliabulum of John of Antioch.
  4. Canon II.
  5. Canon III.
  6. Canon IV.
  7. Excursus on Pelagianism.
  8. Canon V.
  9. Canon VI.
  10. Canon VII.
  11. Excursus on the Words πίστιν ἑπέραν.
  12. Canon VIII.
  13. The Letter of the Same Holy Synod of Ephesus, to the Sacred Synod in Pamphylia Concerning Eustathius Who Had Been Their Metropolitan.
  14. The Letter of the Synod to Pope Celestine.
  15. The Definition of the Holy and Ecumenical Synod of Ephesus Against the Impious Messalians Who are Also Called Euchetæ and Enthusiasts.
  16. Note on the Messalians or Massalians.
  17. Decree of the Synod in the Matter of Euprepius and Cyril.

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