Council of Constantinople
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Council of Constantinople can refer to:
- Council of Constantinople (360), a local council
- First Council of ConstantinopleFirst Council of ConstantinopleThe First Council of Constantinople is recognized as the Second Ecumenical Council by the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox, the Eastern Orthodox, the Roman Catholics, the Old Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups. It was the first Ecumenical Council held in...
, the Second Ecumenical Council, in 381 or 383. - Synod of Constantinople (543)Synod of Constantinople (543)The Synod of Constantinople was a local synod convened to condemn Origen and his views, which was accompanied by an edict of Justinian I and then ratified by the Fifth General Council ....
, a local council which condemned OrigenOrigenOrigen , or Origen Adamantius, 184/5–253/4, was an early Christian Alexandrian scholar and theologian, and one of the most distinguished writers of the early Church. As early as the fourth century, his orthodoxy was suspect, in part because he believed in the pre-existence of souls...
. - Second Council of ConstantinopleSecond Council of ConstantinopleThe Second Council of Constantinople is recognized as the Fifth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Old Catholics, and a number of other Western Christian groups. It was held from May 5 to June 2, 553, having been called by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian...
, the Fifth Ecumenical Council, in 553. - Third Council of ConstantinopleThird Council of ConstantinopleThe Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and other Christian groups, met in 680/681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical and defined Jesus Christ as having two energies and two wills...
, the Sixth Ecumenical Council, in 680. - Council of Constantinople (692), also called in Trullo or Quinisext CouncilQuinisext CouncilThe Quinisext Council was a church council held in 692 at Constantinople under Justinian II. It is often known as the Council in Trullo, because it was held in the same domed hall where the Sixth Ecumenical Council had met...
, in 692. - Council of Constantinople (754), the Council of HieriaCouncil of HieriaThe iconoclast Council of Hieria was a Christian council which viewed itself as ecumenical, but was later rejected by the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. It was summoned by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V in 754 in the palace of Hieria opposite Constantinople. The council...
. - Council of Constantinople (815)Council of Constantinople (815)The Council of Constantinople of 815 was held in the Byzantine capital, in the Hagia Sophia, and initiated the second period of the Byzantine Iconoclasm....
, a local council that restored Iconoclasm. - Council of Constantinople (869), also called the Photian Council, in 869.
- Fourth Council of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox), the Eighth Ecumenical Council for the Orthodox, also called the Photian Council, in 879.
- Council of Constantinople (1094)Council of Constantinople (1094)The Council of Constantinople of 1094 was convened by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos and held in Constantinople at Blachernae palace in order to resolve the case of Leo of Chalcedon.-Background:...
, a local council convened to deal with Leo of ChalcedonLeo of ChalcedonLeo of Chalcedon was an 11th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop at Chalcedon who opposed the appropriation of church treasures by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos between 1081 and 1091.Alexios I was in a desperate situation upon ascending the throne in 1081...
. - Fifth Council of ConstantinopleFifth Council of ConstantinopleFifth Council of Constantinople is a name given by some to the Quinisext Council of 692, and by others to a series of six patriarchal councils held in Constantinople between 1341 and 1351 to deal with a dispute concerning hesychasm...
, the Ninth Ecumenical Council for the Orthodox, which adopted Hesychasm, in 1341-1351. - Synod of Constantinople (1484)Synod of Constantinople (1484)The Synod of Constantinople in 1484 was a local synod of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was the first synod to condemn the Council of Florence.-History:...
, condemned the Council of Florence, in 1484