The Second Ecumenical Council (Constantinople I, 381)

The Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils · c. 381 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

The Holy Fathers gathered in council under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Orthodox Church receives seven councils as Ecumenical: Nicaea I (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), Chalcedon (451), Constantinople II (553), Constantinople III (680–681), and Nicaea II (787). The Quinisext Council in Trullo (692) is received in the East as having ecumenical authority for its disciplinary canons. The canons of certain local councils (Ancyra, Gangra, Neocaesarea, Antioch, Laodicea, Sardica, Carthage) were ratified by the Ecumenical Synods and likewise carry conciliar weight.

Contents

1. The Holy Creed Which the 150 Holy Fathers Set Forth, Which is Consonant with the Holy and Great Synod of Nice(1 chapter)
2. Historical Excursus on the Introduction into the Creed of the Words “and the Son.”(1 chapter)
3. Letter of the Same Holy Synod to the Most Pious Emperor Theodosius the Great, to Which are Appended the Canons Enacted by Them(1 chapter)
4. Canons of the One Hundred and Fifty Fathers who assembled at Constantinople during the Consulate of those Illustrious Men, Flavius Eucherius and Flavius Evagrius on the VII of the Ides of July(10 chapters)
5. The Synodical Letter(1 chapter)