IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 828: The Lateran Council of 649

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	Translated Texts for Historians, Liverpool University Press
Organiser:	Ian N. Wood, School of History, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	Ian N. Wood, School of History, University of Leeds
Paper 828-a	The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649: A Literary and Historical Puzzle (Language: English) Richard M. Price, Heythrop College, University of London Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 828-b	The Puzzling Role of Santa Maria Antiqua al Foro Romano in the Lateran Synod and Its Aftermath (Language: English) Eileen Rubery, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 828-c	The Lateran Council, Mariology, and the Life of the Virgin Attributed to Maximus the Confessor (Language: English) Phil Booth, Faculty of Theology & Religion, University of Oxford Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History
Abstract	The Lateran Council for 649 was held under the aegis of pope Martin, to condemn the Byzantine Monothelitic heresy Paper -a: The Acts of the Synod of 649 exist in two versions, a Latin one purporting to be the minutes of the synod and a Greek one purporting to be a translation. But linguistic analysis has shown that the Greek is the original and the Latin a translation. What is the relation between these texts and the actual proceedings of the synod? Who produced the two sets of acts, and why? Paper -b: Since the Lateran Synod anathematised the imperial doctrine of Monotheletism, the presence of two panels bearing extracts from the Acts of this Synod in the sanctuary of the church of Santa Maria Antiqua (a church situated adjacent to the seat of Byzantine power on the Palatine in Rome) demands explanation. The paper will explore some options that have been thrown into sharper relief by the recent work on the Acts of the Synod and on the frescoes in the church. Paper -c: The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 have long been recognised to bear the theological fingerprints of Maximus the Confessor. This paper explores the correspondences between the Lateran's official Mariology, the Mariological statements of Maximus and his allies, and the recently published Georgian Life of the Virgin attributed to Maximus, the authenticity of which remains uncertain.