The Sixth Ecumenical Council (Constantinople III, 680–681)

The Seven Holy Ecumenical Councils · c. 681 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. Extracts from the Acts.  Session I(1 chapter)
2. The Letter of Agatho, Pope of Old Rome, to the Emperor, and the Letter of Agatho and of 125 Bishops of the Roman Synod, Addressed to the Sixth Council.  Introductory Note(1 chapter)
3. The Letter of Pope Agatho(1 chapter)
4. The Letter of Agatho and of the Roman Synod of 125 Bishops which was to Serve as an Instruction to the Legates Sent to Attend the Sixth Synod(1 chapter)
5. Extracts from the Acts.  Session VIII(1 chapter)
6. The Sentence Against the Monothelites.  Session XIII(1 chapter)
7. Session XVI(1 chapter)
8. The Definition of Faith(1 chapter)
9. The Prosphoneticus to the Emperor(1 chapter)
10. Letter of the Council to St. Agatho(1 chapter)
11. The Imperial Edict Posted in the Third Atrium of the Great Church Near What is Called Dicymbala(1 chapter)