Second Council of Nicaea

The celebration of the 1200th Anniversary of the Second Council of Nicaea was a significant event during the pontificate of John-Paul II.

Archive 2008-04-27 de Brantigny........................ 2008

The celebration of the 1200th Anniversary of the Second Council of Nicaea was a significant event during the pontificate of John-Paul II.

Focus on Liturgical Art, Sacred Art calls us to sacred time! de Brantigny........................ 2008

Court Tarasius called the Second Council of Nicaea, the Seventh

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The Second Council of Nicaea was confirmed and the images restored on March 11, 842—an event still celebrated to this day throughout the Eastern Church on the First Sunday in Lent as the “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”

Homily for the Feast of St John Damascene Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

The Second Council of Nicaea was confirmed and the images restored on March 11, 842—an event still celebrated to this day throughout the Eastern Church on the First Sunday in Lent as the “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”

Archive 2006-12-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006

Second Council of Nicaea (the Seventh Ecumenical Council), which declared the doctrine of the Church respecting images.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Church The situation was defined quite clearly by the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

There was an echo of these troubles in the Frankish kingdom, chiefly through misunderstanding of the meaning of Greek expressions used by the Second Council of Nicaea.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The Second Council of Nicaea was convoked by Emperor Constantine VI and his mother Irene, under Pope Adrian I, and was presided over by the legates of Pope Adrian; it regulated the veneration of holy images.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The constant doctrine of the Church was defined at the Second Council of Nicaea (787), and is summed up in the often quoted formula: "The composition of the image is not the invention of the painters, but the result of the legislation and approved tradition of the Church"

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913