8th Ecumenical Council (Catholic reckoning) · Constantinople · A.D. 869–870
The eighth ecumenical council in the Catholic reckoning: it condemned and deposed the patriarch Photius, confirming the restoration of Ignatius, and issued twenty-seven canons.
Translated by Norman P. Tanner, Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils (Georgetown University Press, 1990). Source: papalencyclicals.net. This modern critical translation is under copyright and is reproduced here from papalencyclicals.net, which has hosted it freely for many years. Tanner’s critical-apparatus footnotes are omitted; his introductions and the full conciliar text are retained.
Documents
- The Definition and Canons — The definition (horos) of the council and its twenty-seven canons, with Tanner’s introduction.