THE FIFTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
THE SECOND COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
A.D. 553

Emperor - JUSTINIAN I
Pope - VIGILIUS

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

EXCURSUS ON THE GENUINESS OF THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL

EXTRACTS FROM THE ACTS - SESSION I (THE EMPEROR'S LETTER)

EXTRACTS FROM THE ACTS, SESSION VII.

THE SENTENCE OF THE SYNOD.

THE CAPITULA OF THE COUNCIL.

EXCURSUS ON THE XV. ANATHEMATISMS AGAINST ORIGEN

THE ANATHEMAS AGAINST ORIGEN

THE ANATHEMATISMS OF THE EMPEROR JUSTINIAN AGAINST ORIGEN

THE DECRETAL LETTER OF THE POPE, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTE

HISTORICAL EXCURSUS ON THE AFTER-HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL



This document (last modified June 19, 1997) from the Christian Classics Electronic Library server, at @Wheaton College