Editor's introduction and excursus

Editor's excursus

• Editor's introduction and excursus 1: Introduction — Gibbon thus describes the Seventh Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church: “The decrees were framed by the president Tarasius, and ratified by the acclamations and subscriptions of three hundred and fifty bishops.…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 2: Excursus on the Conciliabulum Styling Itself the Seventh Ecumenical Council, But Commonly Called… — The reader will find all the information he desires with regard to the great iconoclastic controversy in the ordinary church-histories, and the theological side of the matter in the writings of St. John Damascene. It…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 3: Excursus on the Present Teaching of the Latin and Greek Churches on the Subject — To set forth the present teaching of the Latin Church upon the subject of images and the cultus which is due them, I cite the decree of the Council of Trent and a passage from the Catechism set forth by the authority…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 4: Excursus on the Two Letters of Gregory II. To the Emperor Leo — It is incorrect to say that “the two epistles of Gregory II. have been preserved in the Acts of the Nicene Council” [as Gibbon does]. In modern collections of the Acts of Ecclesiastical Councils, they have been…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 5: Excursus on the Reception of the Seventh Council — The reception of the Seventh Council in the East was practically universal. No historian pretends that the iconoclastic opinions had any hold over the masses of the people. It was strictly speaking a court movement,…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 6: Examination of the Caroline Books — I find that many writers on the subject of what they call “image worship,” speak frequently of these “Caroline Books,” and refer to them with great admiration. It is also absolutely certain that many of these writers…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 7: Excursus on the Council of Frankfort, A.D. 794 — It has been commonly represented that the Council of Frankfort, which was a large Synod of the West, with legates of the Pope present and composed of the bishops of Gaul, Germany, and Aquitaine, devoted its attention…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 8: Excursus on the Convention said to have been held in Paris, A.D. 825 — It is curious that besides the Caroline Books and the second canon of Frankfort, another matter of great difficulty springs up with regard to the subject of the authority of the Seventh Synod. In 1596 there appeared…vatican.va
• Editor's introduction and excursus 9: Historical Note on the So-Called “Eighth General Council” and Subsequent Councils — Whatever may be the final verdict of history with regard to the Caroline books, to the action of this Synod of Frankfort, and to the genuineness of the account of the Convention of Paris, there can be no doubt with…vatican.va