Seventh ecumenical council

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Seventh_ecumenical_council
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:approvedCanons 22
gptkbp:attendedBy 350 bishops
representatives of Pope Adrian I
gptkbp:convenedBy gptkb:Emperor_Constantine_VI
gptkb:Empress_Irene
gptkbp:country gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:date 787
gptkbp:decreed Veneration of icons is not idolatry
Distinction between veneration (proskynesis) and worship (latreia)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Fourth_Council_of_Constantinople
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seventh ecumenical council
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nicaea
gptkbp:numberInSeries 7
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Second_Council_of_Nicaea
gptkbp:precededBy Sixth ecumenical council
gptkbp:presidedBy gptkb:Patriarch_Tarasios_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
Protestant churches
gptkbp:result Restoration of veneration of icons
gptkbp:significance End of first period of Byzantine Iconoclasm
gptkbp:topic gptkb:Iconoclasm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Council_of_Nicaea_(Second,_787)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7