Yup.
Nope.
Which canon of the Council of Nicea was that? I have the canons of the council in front of me.
I’m just wondering how you handle canon six from the Council of Nicea and canon three from the Council of Constantinople?
Indeed, the Council of Nicaea did not make any rulings on the contents of the canon.
@hislegacy - with all due respect, you keep making statements about the Ecumenical Councils which are wildly inaccurate. I find this extremely frustrating, particularly given your status as a fellow clergyman, since it is my considered opinion that all clergy ought to have a proper understanding of the history of the early church, and with regards to what happened at each ecumenical council, this is not a point which is disputed between Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox, aside from certain hagiographic recollections, for example concerning an alleged miracle at Chalcedon, or the incident of St. Nicholas allegedly slapping Arius, which apparently Will Smith recently endeavored to re-enact, which are separate from the actual Acts and Canons published following these councils.
I would suggest the Cambridge History of Christianity, which is a scholarly treatment of the subject in nine volumes, or for something more concise albeit by an Eastern Orthodox author, however, one functioning in his role as a Professor at Oxford in writing it, The Orthodox Church, which does cover all seven as these are particularly important milestones for the Orthodox since more than most other churches our theology is primarily defined by the councils (the first three in the case of the Oriental Orthodox, and the first seven in the case of the Eastern Orthodox, with the later Roman Catholic Council of Florence looked down upon greatly by both the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, since aside from seeking to unify us under the Pope it also included a detailed definition of the doctrine of Purgatory which the Orthodox reject. The Romans for their part refused to accept the “Quinisext Council” held in Trullo, which was intended to provide canons to accompany the Fifth and Sixth councils, but the canons it adopted were very specific to the Byzantine rite, for example, banning the celebration of the Eucharist with unleavened bread, and also banning depictions of our Lord as a lamb, both of which are popular in Western Christianity.
