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The '''Eighth Ecumenical Council''' was a reunion council held at Constantinople in [[879]]-[[880]]. This council was originally accepted and fully endorsed by the papacy in Rome (whose legates were present at the behest of Pope John VIII), but later repudiated by Rome in the 11th century, retroactively regarding the [[robber council of 869-870]] to be [[Ecumenical Councils|ecumenical]]. The council of [[879]]-[[880]] affirmed the restoration of St. [[Photius the Great]] to his see and anathematized any who altered the [[Nicene Creed]], thus condemning the [[Filioque clause]].

== Ecumenical? ==
This council is not regarded as ecumenical by all Orthodox Christians, but some major voices in the Orthodox world do so, including 20th century theologians Fr. [[John S. Romanides]] and Fr. George Metallinos (both of whom refer repeatedly to the "Eighth and [[Ninth Ecumenical Council]]s"), as well as Fr. John Meyendorff, Fr. George Dragas and [[Metropolitan]] Hierotheos (Vlachos) of [[Nafpaktos]].

Further, the Encyclical of the Eastern [[Patriarch]]s refers explicitly to the "Eighth Ecumenical Council" regarding the synod of [[879]]-[[880]] and was signed by the [[patriarch]]s of [[Constantinople]], [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] as well as the Holy Synods of the first three.

Those who regard these councils as ecumenical often characterize the limitation of Ecumenical Councils to only seven to be the result of Jesuit influence in Russia, part of the so-called "Western Captivity of Orthodoxy"

== Sources ==
* John Meyendorff, "Rome and Orthodoxy: Is 'Authority Still the Issue?," ''Living Tradition,'' St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1978, pp. 63-80.
* ''The Orthodox Wiki''

== External links ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050817074822/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/dragas_eighth.html The Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV (879/880) and the Condemnation of the ''Filioque'' Addition and Doctrine] by Protopresbyter [[George Dragas|George Dion Dragas]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050530090000/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/8-9synods.html The Eighth and Ninth Ecumenical Councils]

[[Category:Eastern Orthodoxy|Euumenical Council, 8]]

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 This council is not regarded as ecumenical by all Orthodox Christians, but some major voices in the Orthodox world do so, including 20th century theologians Fr. [[John S. Romanides]] and Fr. George Metallinos (both of whom refer repeatedly to the "Eighth and [[Ninth Ecumenical Council]]s"), as well as Fr. John Meyendorff, Fr. George Dragas and [[Metropolitan]] Hierotheos (Vlachos) of [[Nafpaktos]].
-Further, the Encyclical of the Eastern [[Patriarch]]s refers explicitly to the "Eighth Ecumenical Council" regarding the synod of [[879]]-[[880]] and was signed by the [[patriarch]]s of [[Constantinople]], [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] as well as the Holy Synods of the first three.
+Further, the Encyclical of the Eastern [[Patriarch]]s refers explicitly to the "Eighth Ecumenical Council" regarding the synod of [[879]]-[[880]] and was signed by the [[patriarch]]s of [[Constantinople]], [[Patriarch of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]], [[Patriarch of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Patriarch of Alexandria|Alexandria]] as well as the Holy Synods of the first three.
 Those who regard these councils as ecumenical often characterize the limitation of Ecumenical Councils to only seven to be the result of Jesuit influence in Russia, part of the so-called "Western Captivity of Orthodoxy"

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 == External links ==
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050817074822/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/dragas_eighth.html The Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV (879/880) and the Condemnation of the ''Filioque'' Addition and Doctrine] by Protopresbyter [[George Dragas|George Dion Dragas]]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050817074822/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/dragas_eighth.html The Eighth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople IV (879/880) and the Condemnation of the ''Filioque'' Addition and Doctrine] by Protopresbyter George Dion Dragas]
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20050530090000/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/8-9synods.html The Eighth and Ninth Ecumenical Councils]
 [[Category:Eastern Orthodoxy|Euumenical Council, 8]]