Chapter 1: Preamble
Section 1. The holy, great, and ecumenical synod, which has been assembled by the grace of God and the command of our most pious and faithful great emperor Constantine, in this God-protected and royal city of Constantinople, New Rome, in the hall of the imperial palace called Trullus, has decreed as follows:
Section 2. The only-begotten Son and Word of God the Father, who became man in all things like us without sin, Christ our true God, having declared expressly in the words of the Gospel, 'I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life;' and again, 'My peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:' Our most gentle lord, guided by this teaching of peace, and having assembled this our holy and ecumenical assembly, has united the whole judgment of the Church.