The Acts of the Eighth Œcumenical Council

In the years of our Lord 879-880, a council convened in Constantinople for the sake of restoring broken relations between East and West. Its decisions remain until today the critical and obligatory basis for unity. The Acts of this council, known as the Eighth Œcumenical Council, deal with the restoration of Saint Photius, the healing of the schism that had been provoked in the church of Constantinople, the issues involved in establishing the church in Bulgaria and the Pope's repeated request fo