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 1 Intro| Historical Note On the so-called "Eighth General Council" and subsequent
 2 Intro|     accepted by the Latins as the Eighth of the Ecumenical Councils.
 3 Intro|          as Ecumenical and as the Eighth Synod? He could not, for
 4 Intro|     second synod of Nice, nor the eighth general synod;' he adds
 5 7    |          as Balsamon advises) the eighth canon of the Council in
 6 14   | HISTORICAL NOTE ON THE SO-CALLED "EIGHTH GENERAL COUNCIL" AND SUBSEQUENT
 7 14   |         then considered to be the Eighth of the Ecumenical Synods.
 8 14   |           by many Easterns as the Eighth of the Ecumenical Synods.
 9 14   |        that synod was styled the "Eighth," and in this there was
10 14   |        for the proceedings of the Eighth Synod and Mark answered: "
11 14   |       also bears the title of the Eighth Ecumenical. But Cardinal
12 14   |      character of this so-called "Eighth Synod."[1] ~For the purposes
13 14   |         so they are rejecting the Eighth as much as the Seventh;