Source

Canons of the Second Council of Orange

The Canons of the Second Council of Orange are the church's own official record of the doctrinal decisions reached at the 529 CE council, fixing the Western Christian position that grace precedes all good human action and formally condemning the proposition that any person is predestined by divine power specifically to evil. As the council's own primary canonical text it is the correct source for what was actually decided, in the church's own official language, rather than a later theological summary. Its limit is that it records the council's formal decisions without theological commentary or historical context, so a claim about how these canons were later received, applied or debated across subsequent Christian history needs a scholarly historical source to interpret alongside this primary document.

Facts

Citation

Author

Second Council of Orange

Publisher

J. Thornton

A 19th-century scholarly edition; the Second Council of Orange itself was held in 529 CE.

Publication Year

529

URL

https://archive.org/details/canonsofsecondco0000coun

Source Type

Primary document

Assessment

Reliability Tier

The Canons of the Second Council of Orange are the Council's own primary conciliar decrees, presented here in J. Thornton's published edition; cited here as that primary text.

Notes

Fixed the Western position on grace preceding all good action, and anathematised the proposition that anyone is predestined by divine power to evil.

Custodian

Custodian Source

Yes

Custodian Body

Second Council of Orange

Custodian Basis

The canons of a council received by the Church as authoritative. Authoritative for what the Church settled about grace.

Connections

Associated With

Orange

This source names Orange directly: "The Canons of the Second Council of Orange are the church's own official record of the doctrinal decisions reached at the 529 CE council, fixing the Western Christian position that grace precedes..."

Source Canons of the Second Council of OrangeSecond Council of Orangethe holders' own account

Claims Backed By This Source (39 claims)

This source backs 39 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 8 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.