Iconoclasm

Epitome of the Definition of the Iconoclastic Conciliabulum held in Constantinople, A.D. 754. In this epitome of the verbose definition of the council, I have followed for the most part Hefele. (Hist

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Anathema to those who dare to say that the Catholic Church hath at any time sanctioned idols. Anathema to those who say that the making of images is a diabolical invention and not a tradition of our

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Extracts from the Acts. Session VI. (Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, Tom. VII., col. 389.) Leo the most renowned secretary said: The holy and blessed Synod know how at the last session we examined div

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Canon IX. That none of the books containing the heresy of the traducers of the Christians are to be hid. All the childish devices and mad ravings which have been falsely written against the venerabl

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The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress. (Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, Tom. VII., col. 577.) To our most religious and most serene princes, Constantine and Irene his mother. Tarasius, the

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Chapter IV.—Idols Not to Be Made, Much Less Worshipped. Idols and Idol-Makers in the Same Category. God prohibits an idol as much to be made as to be worshipped. In so far as the making what may be w

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Canon XVI. That it does not become one in holy orders to be clad in costly apparel. All buffoonery and decking of the body ill becomes the priestly rank. Therefore those bishops and clerics who arra

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7. But there is one memorable example which may suffice for all. In the council which the priests and Pharisees assembled at Jerusalem against Christ (John 11:47), what is wanting, in so far as extern

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[Then follows the prohibition of the making or teaching any other faith, and the penalties for disobedience. After this follow the acclamations.] The divine Kings Constantine and Leo said: Let the ho

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Extracts from the Acts. Session II. [The Papal Letters were presented by the Legates. First was read that to Constantine and Irene, but not in its entirety, if we may trust Anastasius the Librarian,

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Extracts from the Acts. Session IV. [Among numerous passages of the Fathers one was read from a sermon by St. Gregory Nyssen in which he describes a painting representing the sacrifice of Isaac and

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Canon XIII. That they are worthy of special condemnation who turn the monasteries into public houses. During the calamity which was brought to pass in the Churches, because of our sins, some of the

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The Divine “Divine” here, as usually in such connections, means “imperial.” Mendham (The Seventh General Council, the Second of Nicæa. London, s.d.) by a curious blunder takes the adjective for the

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Letter LI. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. A coolness had arisen between these two bishops in connection with the Origenistic controversy, which at this t

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Examination of the Caroline Books. I. Authorship of the Caroline Books. I find that many writers on the subject of what they call “image worship,” speak frequently of these “Caroline Books,” and ref

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IV. The Chief Cause of Trouble a Logomachy. Now from all this one thing is abundantly clear, that the great point set forth with such learning and perspicuity by the Seventh Synod, to wit, the distin

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Extracts from the Acts. Session III. (Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, Tom. VII., col. 188.) Constantine, the most holy bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, said: Since I, unworthy that I am, find that the

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Canon VII. That to churches consecrated without any deposit of the reliques of the Saints, the defect should be made good. Paul the divine Apostle says: “The sins of some are open beforehand, and so

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Chapter XVIII.—The Statue which the Woman with an Issue of Blood erected. This account of the statue erected by the woman with the issue of blood is repeated by many later writers, and Sozomen (H. E.

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Chapter XXIII.—Argument: Although the Heathens Acknowledge Their Kings to Be Mortal, Yet They Feign that They are Gods Even Against Their Own Will, Not Because of Their Belief in Their Divinity, But i

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