Councils and Their Canons
The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692)
Called Penthekte, the fifth-and-sixth, because it supplied the canons that the Fifth and Sixth Ecumenical Councils had not issued, both having ruled on doctrine alone. Its 102 canons are the backbone of Orthodox canon law: they settle the scriptural canon by receiving the earlier lists, regulate the clergy, forbid depicting Christ as a lamb in place of His human form, and legislate on fasting and marriage. The Orthodox Church receives them as having the authority of the Sixth Council; Rome never accepted them in full, which is itself one of the older fault lines between East and West.
Sources
- Canons of the Quinisext Council in Trullo (692) the canons
- Canon 2 of Trullo (receiving the canons of the Fathers and of Carthage and Laodicea) the canons
- Canon 82 of Trullo (on depicting Christ in human form) the canons
- The Rudder (Pedalion), St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain the Rudder, 1908 English edition