Second Council of Constantinople
- When
- 553 AD
- Where
- Constantinople
- Kind
- Council
Condemned three sets of writings in the hope of drawing the churches that had rejected Chalcedon back into communion.
Justinian called it to settle what Chalcedon had unsettled, condemning the Three Chapters — writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret and Ibas — as too sympathetic to Nestorius. The strategy was to make Chalcedon acceptable to those who read it as Nestorian by disowning the theologians they objected to. It failed at that: the Oriental Orthodox did not return. It also strained the west, where Pope Vigilius resisted for years under imperial pressure before submitting, and several African and Italian bishops broke communion with Rome over his surrender.
Bodies it bears on
Party to it
Who stands here
- Origen of Alexandria
c. 185–c. 253
Condemned by it, three centuries after his death
Either side of it
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