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 1 Intro      |              INTRODUCTION~This council, designated as the eighth
 2 Intro      |       as the eighth ecumenical council by western canonists, is
 3 Intro      |    have decided to include the council, for the sake of historical
 4 Intro      |      Pope Nicholas I to call a council to decide about the bishops
 5 Intro      |       and they presided at the council. It began in the cathedral
 6 Intro      |        out and approved by the council. All who were willing to
 7 Intro      |       II, were admitted to the council. The account made by Anastasius
 8 Intro      |     who signed the acts of the council. Emperor Basil I and his
 9 Intro      |      year they promulgated the council's decisions, after drawing
10 Intro      |    various facts regarding the council held in the cathedral of
11 Intro      |     cardinal, presided at this council. It took account of a letter
12 Intro      |    gave to his legates for the council in 879: "You will say that,
13 Intro      |        copy of the acts of the council of 869-870 was sent to Rome,
14 Definit    | proclaimed. In union with that council we too anathematize Nestorius,
15 Definit    |       as Christians. ~{Now the council strikes out on its own} ~
16 Definit    |      thought to be a synodical council, and, making lists of the
17 Canons,  6 |    evil-doers and a fraudulent council and set in motion accusations
18 Canons,  14|     the holy directive of this council, shall ignore the honour