We have broken these quotations into the following six groups, you can click on the hyperlinks to be taken to each one or read through the introduction first. Universal consensus of bishops: St. Basil, St. Augustine, Council of Chalcedon, Pope St. Gregory the Great. Patriarchal ratification: Council of Chalcedon, Council of Constantinople II, Council of …

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