Lives of The Saints: Saint Gregory – Bishop of Nyssa, The Venerable Ammon – Egyptian Ascetic, & Saint Marcian

SAINT GREGORY, BISHOP OF NYSSA Gregory was the brother of Basil the Great. At first, he was only a presbyter since he was married; but when his wife Blessed Theosevia died, Gregory was chosen and consecrated as bishop of Nyssa. He was distinguished by his great secular leaming and spiritual experience. He participated at the …

The Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III. – AD680-681 – Acts, Letters & Decrees – Against The Monothelites

Issues Addressed: Monothelitism Contents Session 1 Extracts From The Acts (See Below) Letter of Pope Agatho to the Emperor Letter of Pope Agatho to the Sixth Ecumenical Council Session 8 Session 13 Sentence Against the Monothelites Session 16 Definition of Faith Address to the Emperor Synodal Letter to Pope St. Agatho Session I. Extracts from …

The Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople II. – AD553 – Acts, Capitulas, Anathemas, & Letters – Against Origenism

No Canons were written for this Council. People of Note: Emperor Justinian I. Pope Vigilius Elenchus Issues Addressed: Monophysitism (Nestorianism) Origenism Index: Session I. (SEE BELOW) Extracts From The Acts The Emperor's Letter. Session VII. Extracts from the Acts The Sentence of the Synod. The Capitula of the Council. The Anathemas Against Origen The Decretal …

Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon – AD451 – Acts, Letters, and Canons – Addressing The Monophysites

People of Note: Marcian and Pulcheria (Emperor in the East). Valentinian III. (Emperor in the West). Leo I. (Pope) Elenchus. Issues Addressed: Annulled and invalidated 'Robber Council' of 449 in Ephesus. Condemned Eutyches and Dioscorus. Affirmed canons of previous three Imperial Synods. Condemned Monophysitism. After thorough examination of ‘Tome of Leo’, affirmed it as ‘the …

The Third Ecumenical Council: Ephesus – AD431 – Acts, Letters, Canons & Decrees – Addressing The Nestorian Heresy

Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus, AD431 Issues Addressed: Nestorian Heresy People of Note: Saint Cyril of Alexandria Sessions - Acts, Letters, Canons, and Decrees Session I. The Acts of The Council of Ephesus The Epistle of Cyril of Alexandria to Nestorius The Twelve Anathemas of St. Cyril Against Nestorius Decree of the Council Against Nestorius …

The Second Ecumenical Council: Constantinople – AD381 – Synodal Letters and Canons – Against Arianism And Other Heresies

DOCUMENTS OF THE SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL THE FIRST COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE A.D. 381 translated by Henry R. Percival, 1899. Issues Addressed at Constantinople: Arianism, Macedonianism, Apollinarians, Eunomians, Eudoxians, Sabellians, Marcellians, Photinians People of Note: Saint Gregory the Theologian Saint Gregory of Nyssa The Holy Creed Which the 150 Holy Fathers Set Forth, Which is Consonant with the Holy and Great Synod …

The Deviation Of Protestantism From Historic Christianity As Shown By The Council of Nicea

The Deviations of Protestant Theology From Orthodox Christianity As Shown By The Canons Of The Council of Nicea Protestant theology and religious practices are a far cry from what the church practiced and believed for 1500 years prior to the reformation. The Canons of The Council of Nicea show just how far off from historical …

The First Ecumenical Council: Nicea – AD325 – Creed, Canons, and Synodal Letter

The Nicene Creed The Synod at Nice set forth this Creed. The Ecthesis of the Synod at Nice. I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; …

The Synod of Jerusalem – AD1672 – The Confession Of Dositheus: An Orthodox Response To Calvinist Ideas

(Eastern Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672) Context of This Confession A Synod of Eastern Orthodox Churches was called in Jerusalem in 1672 to refute the position of Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had published a Confession in which he attempted to express Orthodox beliefs in terms of the predestination beliefs of Calvinism. From a …