The Council of Chalcedon (A.D. 451)

See also the article COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

SESSION I
EXTRACTS FROM THE ACTS
Paschasinus, the most reverend bishop and legate of the Apostolic See, stood up in the midst with his most reverend colleagues and said: We received directions at the hands of the most blessed and apostolic bishop of the Roman city,

Second Council of Nicaea - 787 A.D.

Contents

Definition
Anathemas concerning holy images
CANONS
INTRODUCTION
A recommendation to summon an ecumenical council, in order to correct the iconoclast heretics, had been addressed to Empress Irene, then acting as regent for her son Emperor Constantine VI (780-797) who was still a minor,