▁invoked , ▁condem ning ▁any ▁who ▁viol ated ▁the ▁decre es , ▁and ▁both ▁were ▁written ▁up ▁for ▁ex position ▁to ▁the ▁people . ▁ ▁Im mediate ▁outcome ▁and ▁long - term ▁effects ▁The ▁b ish ops ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁consec r ated ▁by ▁Const antine ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁on ▁the ▁whole ▁recon ci led ▁by ▁the ▁Pope . ▁Pope ▁Stephen ▁III , ▁however , ▁never ▁returned ▁pri ests ▁or ▁de a cons ▁to ▁the ▁rank ▁to ▁which ▁the ▁ant ip ope ▁Const antine ▁had ▁raised ▁them . ▁In ▁general , ▁the ▁sacr aments ▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁Const antine , ▁apart ▁from ▁Bapt ism ▁and ▁Conf irm ation , ▁were ▁repeated ▁under ▁Stephen . ▁The ▁icon oc last ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁clearly ▁align ▁Rome ▁with ▁Francia , ▁and ▁to ▁signal ▁to ▁the ▁Fran ks ▁that ▁the ▁By z ant ines ▁were ▁her et ics . ▁Sign ific antly , ▁the ▁Roman ▁d ating ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁by ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Em per ors , ▁and ▁thus ▁apparently ▁indicating ▁that ▁the ▁Council ▁was ▁not ▁recogn ising ▁imperial ▁so vere ig nt y ▁whilst ▁the ▁Church ▁was ▁in ▁sch ism . ▁ ▁The ▁r ul ings ▁of ▁this ▁Council ▁concerning ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁the ▁pop es ▁were ▁gradually ▁er oded ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁dec ades ▁and ▁centuries . ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 8 2 7 , ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁Pope ▁Valent ine ▁saw ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁a ▁po pe ▁where