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Third Council of Constantinople : 680-681 A. D.
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum06.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Church
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.html
Translation and introduction by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. Volume XIV: A Select Library of The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series. From Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
The Council of Nicaea
http://bible.crosswalk.com/History/AD/SketchesofChurchHistory/?chapter=01-11
A Protestant view of this first council.
The Council of Ephesus
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum03.htm
A set of texts produced by this "robber's council".
The Council of Chalcedon - 451 A.D.
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum04.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
Second Council of Nicaea - 787
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum07.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
Second Council of Constantinople - 553 A.D.
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum05.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
Nicaea, Second Council of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11045a.htm
A council that was called to deal with the heresy of Iconoclasm.
Nicaea, First Council of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11044a.htm
First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 325 on the occasion of the heresy of Arius. It defined the Nicene Creed.
Medieval Sourcebook: Full Text Sources
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html#conc2
Information about the first church councils.
First Council of Nicea - 325 AD
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum01.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
First Council of Constantinople - 381
http://www.piar.hu/councils/ecum02.htm
Introduction to the council and its historical setting, with text of its decisions.
Ephesus, Council of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05491a.htm
The third ecumenical council, held in 431.
Ecumenical Councils
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_seven_Ecumenical_Councils
Summary article on the first 7 councils jointly held by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Constantinople, First Ecumenical Council of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04308a.htm
Called in May, 381, by Emperor Theodosius, to provide for a Catholic succession in the patriarchal See of Constantinople, to confirm the Nicene Faith, to reconcile the semi-Arians with the Church, and to put an end to the Macedonian heresy.
Chalcedon, Council of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03555a.htm
The Fourth Ecumenical Council, held in 451, from 8 October until 1 November inclusive, at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor.