On His Words at the Council Words at the Seventh Council
Editor's note
Tarasius was a layman, the first secretary of the empire, when the Empress Irene and her son put him forward for the patriarchal throne in 784. He accepted on one condition: that an Ecumenical Council be held to end the war on the icons. He presided over that council, the Seventh, at Nicaea in 787. These are some of his own words in its acts: welcoming back the bishops who repented of iconoclasm, confessing the faith after the letters from Rome were read, and answering the question why the icons we have do not work miracles.
Summary by PurifyWritten by Purify, not St. Tarasius of Constantinople's words.
His words are given verbatim below as the acts record them, in the public-domain English of NPNF Series II Vol. 14, which prints extracts of the acts. The selection is ours.
At the first session: bishops who had fallen into iconoclasm ask to be received
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