Editor's introduction and excursus

Editor's excursus

• Editor's introduction and excursus 1: Historical Introduction — In the whole history of the Church there is no council which bristles with such astonishing facts as the First Council of Constantinople. It is one of the “undisputed General Councils,” one of the four which St.…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 2: Historical Excursus on the Introduction into the Creed of the Words “and the Son.” — The introduction into the Nicene Creed of the words “and the Son” (Filioque) has given rise to, or has been the pretext for, such bitter reviling between East and West (during which many statements unsupported by…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Historical Note on the Lost “Tome” of the Second Council — We know from the Synodical letter sent by the bishops who assembled at Constantinople in a.d. 382 (the next year after the Second Ecumenical Council) sent to Pope Damasus and other Western bishops, that the Second…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 4: Introduction on the Number of the Canons — The number of canons drawn up by this synod is doubtful. The old Greek codices and the Greek commentators of the Middle Ages, Zonaras and Balsamon, enumerate seven; the old Latin translations—viz. the Prisca, those…vatican.va