{{stub}}Canon law touches on every area of Orthodox Church life, including [[Ecclesiology]], [[Liturgy]], and [[Ethics]]. == The Didache ==The Didache, or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. == The Rudder ==The 85 Canons of the Holy and Altogether August Apostles, plus the Canons of the First through Fourth Ecumenical Councils (see links further down this page) constitute what is known as "The Rudder." ==The Ecumenical Councils=====The First Ecumenical Council===The First Council of Nice A.D. 325, called by Emperor Constantine, Pope Silvester. The council met to deal with the schism created by Arianism. The Arians wished to avoid the heresy of Sabellius who believed in a divine monad which, by expansion, projected itself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit—a form of Modalism. The Arians separated the Son from God entirely so that they believed he was a creature having a beginning. "There was when he was not." The Son was but God's first creation, yet out of nothing and hence has preeminence over the rest of creation. The symbol answers the question, "Who is Jesus Christ"? Its answer: God. ====The Canons of the Councils of Ancyra, Gangra Neocaesarea========The Canons of Antioch and Laodicea====These Canons were accepted and received by the Ecumenical Synods - The Provincial Synods====Council of Sardica====343 A.D. Canon V. Sardica was the first synod which asserted, in some sense, Roman primacy in the Church. ===The Second Ecumenical Council===The First Council of Constantinople A.D. 381, Emperor Theodosius, Pope Damasus. ===The Third Ecumenical Council===The Council of Ephesus A.D. 431, Emperors Theodosius II And Valentinian III, Pope Celestine I ===The Fourth Ecumenical Council===The Council of Chalcedon A.D. 451, Emperors Marcian and Pulcheria (in the East) and Valentinian III. (in the West), Pope Leo I. ===The Fifth Ecumenical Council===The Second Council of Constantinople A.D. 553, Emperor Justinian I, Pope Vigilius ====The Anathemas of the Second Council of Constantinople====553 A.D. Also known as the The Capitula of the Council.
Canon law touches on every area ===The Sixth Ecumenical Council===The Third Council of Constantinople A.D. 680-681, Emperor Constantine Pogonatus, Pope Agatho I====The Canons of the Council in Trullo====Often Called the Quinisext Council, A.D. 692.====The Canons of the Synods of Orthodox Church lifeSardica, including [[Ecclesiology]]Carthage, [[Liturgy]]Constantinople, and [[Ethics]]Carthage====These canons were received by the council in Trullo and ratified by the Seventh Ecumenical Council. ===The Seventh Ecumenical Council===The Second Council of Nice A.D. 787, Emperors Constantine VI And Irene, Pope Hadrian ===The So-Called “Eighth General Council” and Subsequent Councils=== ===Canons and Rulings Not Having Conciliar Origin===But approved by name in Canon II of the Synod in Trullo.