Given the great importance of these canons of the ancient ecumenical councils, what precisely do they say and mean? What was the intention of their authors, the fathers of those councils? With the present work, His Eminence Archbishop Peter (L' Huiller) has given the English speaking world authoritative answers to such questions. After providing an historical overview of each of the four councils, he meticulously examines their canons one by one. He translates them into clear and reda ble English on the basis of the best modern critical editions; he explores the historical circumstances which gave rise to these canons in the first place; and he also indicates some of the ways in which they have been reinterpreted ( and sometimes misinterpreted) in later centuries. The Church of the Ancient Councils the disciplinary work of the first four ecumenical councils by Archbishop Peter L' Huillier 0881410071$25.00 Copyright ©2004 Holy Cross Bookstore. All rights reserved 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 1.800.245.0599 | Fax 617.850.1430 | hcbks@hchc.edu