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The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70

The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70

Hardcover

Series: Translated Texts for Historians, Book 79

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1800856849
ISBN13: 9781800856844
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Mar 1 2022
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.69
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

The Council of Constantinople of 869-70 was highly dramatic, with its trial and condemnation of Patriarch Photius, a towering figure in the Byzantium of his day, and the tussle of wills at the council between the papal legates, the imperial representatives and the bishops. It was church politics and personalities rather than issues of doctrine, such as icon veneration, that dominated the debates. Out of all the acts of the great early councils, the acts of this council, of which this edition is the first modern translation, are the nearest to an accurate and complete record. Its protest against secular

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