Saint Nicephorus (c. 758 – June 2, 829) was a Christian Byzantine writer and patriarch of Constantinople (April 12, 806 - 815). Events End of the reign of Empress Koken of Japan; she is succeeded by Emperor Junnin. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Events Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Patriarch of Constantinople is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox communion. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Events April 12 - Nicephorus elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ...

He was born in Constantinople of a strictly orthodox family, which had suffered from the earlier iconoclasm: his father Theodorus, one of the secretaries of the emperor Constantine Copronymus, had been scourged and banished for his zealous support of image-worship, and the son inherited the religious convictions of the father. Nevertheless he entered the service of the Empire, became cabinet secretary, and under Irene took part in the synod of 787 as imperial commissioner. He then withdrew to a cloister that he had founded on the Propontis, until he was appointed director of the largest home for the destitute in Constantinople. Map of Constantinople. ... Literally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. ... Constantine V Copronymus (The Dung-named) was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775. ... Saint Irene (c. ... This article is about the year 787. ... Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A cloister (from latin claustrum) is part of cathedrals and abbeys architecture. ... The Sea of Marmara (Turkish: Marmara denizi, Modern Greek: Μαρμαρα̃ Θάλασσα or Προποντίδα) (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea that separates the Black Sea from the Aegean Sea (thus the Asian part of Turkey from its European part) by Bosporus and...

After the death of Saint Tarasius, although still a layman, he was chosen patriarch by the wish of the emperor (Easter, April 12, 806). The uncanonical choice met with opposition from the strictly clerical party of the Studites, and this opposition was intensified to an open break when Nicephorus, in other respects a very rigid moralist, showed himself compliant to the will of the emperor by reinstating the excommunicated priest Joseph. Saint Tarasius (mid-8th century-February 25, 806) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 784 until his death in 806. ... Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after his death by crucifixion (see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year around AD 30-33. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Events April 12 - Nicephorus elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius. ...

After the emperor's death (811), Nicephorus cooperated in the removal of Staurakios and in the elevation of the incapable Michael Rhangabe. With Leo V the Armenian, who was raised to the throne by the army in 813, Nicephorus was at first on good terms. When, however, this emperor revived with ever-increasing harshness the policy of the iconoclastic Isaurian emperors, a conflict broke out, which led at the same time to a reconciliation of Nicephorus with the Studites. Events July 26 - Battle of Pliska: Nicephorus I is defeated by the Bulgar khan Krum, and is succeeded by Stauracius as Byzantine emperor. ... Nicephorus I and Stauracius. ... Michael I on a contemporary coin Michael I Rhangabes, an obscure nobleman who had married Procopia, the daughter of Nicephorus I, and been made master of the palace. ... This article is about the Byzantine Emperor. ... Events June 22 - Byzantine Emperor Michael I is defeated in a war against the Bulgarians. ...

After vain theological disputes, in December, 814, there followed personal insults. Nicephorus at first replied to his removal from his office by excommunication, but was at last obliged to yield to force, and was taken to one of the cloisters he had founded, Tou Agathou, and later to that called Tou hagiou Theodorou. From there he carried on a literary polemic for the cause of the iconodules against the synod of 815; on the occasion of the change of sovereigns, in 820, he at least obtained the promise of toleration. Events Louis the Pious succeeds Charlemagne as king of the Franks and Emperor. ... Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... Iconodules (or Iconophile) is someone who supports or is in favour of religious images, or icons, also known as Iconography, and is in opposition to an Iconoclast (someone against Iconography). ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ... Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of...

He died at the monastery Tou Agathou, revered as a confessor. His remains were solemnly brought back to Constantinople on March 13, 847, and interred in the Church of the Apostles, where they were annually the object of imperial devotion. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Events Succession of Pope Leo IV, (847 - 855) Births Alfred the Great Deaths Pope Sergius II, (844 - 847) Categories: 847 ...

Compared with Theodore of Studium, Nicephorus appears as a friend of conciliation, learned in patristics, more inclined to take the defensive than the offensive, and possessed of a comparatively chaste, simple style. He was mild in his ecclesiastical and monastical rules and non-partisan in his historical treatment of the period from 610 to 769 (Historia syntomos, breviarium).

His tables of universal history (Chronographikon syntomon), in passages extended and continued, were in great favor with the Byzantines, and were also circulated in the West in the Latin version of Anastasius. The Chronography offered a universal history from Adam to his own time. To it he appended a canon catalog (which does not include the Revelation of John). The catalog of the accepted books of the Old and New Testaments is followed by the antilegomena (including Revelation) and the apocrypha. Next to each book is the count of its lines, the stichometry, to which we can compare our accepted texts and judge how much has been added or omitted. This is especially useful for apocrypha for which only fragmentary texts have survived. Anastasius is part of the name of: Pope Anastasius I -- Pope from 399-401 Pope Anastasius II -- Pope from 496-498 Pope Anastasius III -- Pope from 911-913 Pope Anastasius IV -- Pope from 1153 to 1154 Anastasius I of the Byzantine Empire -- (c. ... For information on the last book of the New Testament see the entry on the Book of Revelation. ... Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. ... Stichometry, a term applied properly to the measurement (AiTpov) of ancient texts by vri of (lit. ...

The principal works of Nicephorus are three writings referring to iconoclasm: Literally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other sacred images or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. ...

• Apologeticus minor, probably composed before 814, an explanatory work for laymen concerning the tradition and the first phase of the iconoclastic movement;

• Apologeticus major with the three Antirrhetici against Mamonas-Constantine Copronymus, a complete dogmatics of the belief in images, with an exhaustive discussion and refutation of all objections made in opposing writings, as well as those drawn from the works of the Fathers;

• The third of these larger works is a refutation of the iconoclastic synod of 815 (ed. Serruys, Paris, 1904).

Nicephorus follows in the path of John of Damascus. His merit is the thoroughness with which he traced the literary and traditional proofs, and his detailed refutations are serviceable for the knowledge they afford of important texts adduced by his opponents and in part drawn from the older church literature. John of Damascus (Latin: Iohannes Damascenus or Johannes Damascenus also known as John Damascene, Chrysorrhoas, streaming with gold—i. ...

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• Development of the Canon of the New Testament: the Stichometry of Nicephorus