8th and 9th Ecumenical Council? I have some questions....

[Maximos]

Were these 2 councils ratified after the council?

[Chrysostomos]

Maximos,

Were these 2 councils ratified after the council?

Good question!

I don't know about the "9th", but it appears that if true, the "8th" was.

It was also named an Ecumenical Synod by Basil the Macedonian, the Roman Emperor, the Emperor of the Ecumeni, in his own statement attached to the acts, which then he signed. The appellation as an Ecumenical Synod appears in several places in the acts and in the (h)oros or decree. This Synod also ratified the previous Ecumenical Synod, the Seventh of 787 (second of Nicaea), which had not yet been ratified by a General Council or Synod.

This Synod was specifically referred to as Ecumenical by the famous canonologist Theodoros Balsamon, by Sts. Mark of Ephesus, Neilos of Rhodes, Symeon of Thessaloniki, and others.

That is, until it was recended by another council?

Which leads to another question. If, let's say it was truly ratified, can another council come and recend it later on?

Here was an interesting link in regards to current discussions between the Orthodox and Catholic. Read this in mind of what we have been discussing here. Let's continue this discussion.

Link: http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/or ... other.html

Your fellow struggler in Christ,

Rd. Chrysostomos

[Chrysostomos]

I also posted this discussion to the Indiana list last week, hoping for a response from one of them. No replies. I specifically asked my Bishop, Bishop Tikhon to respond, as I wanted to hear what he had to say. Thus far, no reply.

Rd. Chrysostomos