The '''Robber Council of 869-870''' was a council held in Constantinople called by Emperor [[Basil I]] the Macedonian and [[Pope Adrian IIof Rome]], meeting from [[October 5]], [[869]] to [[February 28]], [[870]]. It [[deposition|deposed ]] and condemned St. [[Photius the Great]] as [[patriarch ]] and, of the four Eastern patriarchates, ranked [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] before [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]].{{stub}}The acts of this council were eventually abrogated at the [[Eighth Ecumenical Council]], held in Constantinople in 879-880. This latter council was held to be [[Ecumenical Councils|ecumenical]] by both East and West until the 11th century, when [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] repudiated the council of 879-880 and retroactively regarded the council of 869-870 to be the Eighth Ecumenical Council, but which the [[Orthodox Church]] continues to regard as a [[robber council]].

The acts of this council were eventually abrogated at the ==Source==*[[Eighth Ecumenical Council]], held in Constantinople in [[879]]http://web.archive.org/web/20050530090000/http://www.geocities.com/trvalentine/orthodox/8-[[880]]9synods. html This latter council was held to be [[ecumenical]] by both East Eighth and West until the [[11th century]], when [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] repudiated the council of 879-880 and retroactively regarded the council of 869-870 to be the a Ninth Ecumenical Council, but which the [[Orthodox Church]] continues to regard as a [[robber council]].