14:T551,One of the key elements of the Council was the reaffirmation of the decisions of the Second Council of Nicaea in support of icons and holy images. The council thus helped stamp out any remaining embers of Byzantine iconoclasm. Specifically, its third Canon required the image of Christ to have veneration equal with that of the gospel book: We decree that the sacred image of our Lord Jesus Christ, the liberator and Savior of all people, must be venerated with the same honor as is given the book of the holy Gospels. For as through the language of the words contained in this book all can reach salvation, so, due to the action which these images exercise by their colors, all wise and simple alike, can derive profit from them. For what speech conveys in words, pictures announce and bring out in colors. The council also encouraged the veneration of the images of the Virgin Mary, angels and saints: If anyone does not venerate the image of Christ our Lord, let him be deprived of seeing him in glory at his second coming. The image of his all pure Mother and the images of the holy angels as well as the images of all the saints are equally the object of our homage and veneration. ==Lay people==10:["$","div","2",{"className":"mb-8 break-inside-avoid","children":[["$","div",null,{"className":"text-xs font-semibold text-gray-400 uppercase tracking-wide mb-3 border-b border-gray-100 pb-1","children":"Support for icons and holy images"}],["$","div",null,{"className":"text-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed wiki-content","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"$14"}}]]}] 11:["$","div","3",{"className":"mb-8 break-inside-avoid","children":[["$","div",null,{"className":"text-xs font-semibold text-gray-400 uppercase tracking-wide mb-3 border-b border-gray-100 pb-1","children":"Lay people"}],["$","div",null,{"className":"text-sm text-gray-600 leading-relaxed wiki-content","dangerouslySetInnerHTML":{"__html":"Canon 22 set out to restrict the influence of lay people in ecclesiastical matters, although it acknowledged that on invitation, a lay person could contribute to ecclesiastical debate. A statement by Basil to the Council was quoted by Pope Gregory XVI in his letter to the Swiss clergy, Commissum divinitus on 17 May 1835. Gregory was responding to a Swiss initiative, the , which gave some of the Swiss cantons authority over church matters including marriage. Gregory quoted Basil's speech: ==References=="}}]]}] 12:["$","div",null,{"className":"mt-8 pt-4 border-t border-gray-100","children":["$","a",null,{"href":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth%20Council%20of%20Constantinople%20(Catholic%20Church)","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer","className":"text-xs text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-600 transition-colors","children":"Source: Wikipedia ↗"}]}] 13:["$","div",null,{"className":"px-6 py-4 border-t border-gray-100 flex justify-between items-center","children":[["$","a",null,{"href":"/","className":"text-xs text-gray-300 italic hover:text-gray-500 transition-colors","children":"tickerdossier.com"}],["$","a",null,{"href":"https://tickerdossier.substack.com","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer","className":"text-xs text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-600 transition-colors","children":"tickerdossier.substack.com"}]]}]

Fourth Council of Constantinople (Catholic Church)