Extracts from
the Acts.
Session VI.
(Labbe and Cossart,
Concilia
, Tom. IV., col.
611.)
[
The Emperor was present in person and addressed the
Council and afterwards suggested legislation under three heads, the
drafts for which were read
.]
After this reading, the capitulas were handed by our
most sacred and pious prince to the most beloved of God Anatolius,
archbishop of royal Constantinople, which is New Rome, and all the most
God-beloved bishops cried out: Many years to our Emperor and
Empress, the pious, the Christian. May Christ whom thou servest
keep thee. These things are worthy of the faith. To the
Priest, the Emperor. Thou hast straightened out the churches,
victor of thine enemies, teacher of the faith. Many years to the
pious Empress, the lover of Christ. Many years to her that is
orthodox. May God save your kingdom. Ye have put down the
heretics, ye have kept the faith. May hatred be far removed from
your empire, and may your kingdom endure for ever!
Our most sacred and pious prince said to the holy
synod: To the honour of the holy martyr Euphemia, and of your
holiness, we decree that the city of Chalcedon, in which the synod of
the holy faith has been held, shall have the honours of a metropolis,
in name only giving it this honour, the proper dignity of the city of
Nicomedia being preserved.
All cried out, etc., etc.