At the end of the Shepherd of Hermas miniseries, we teased a new long deep dive on the seventh ecumenical council, Nicaea II. Well my friends, promises made, promises kept; let’s start out by reading the canons of the council and looking at the most blatant power grab in Church history. Before we decide what was right or wrong about it, we need some real talk about what the council actually *did.*
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Here’s where you can read along (we’re starting with the canons): https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3819.htm
Extracurricular reading for the next part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat
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