Synod of Jerusalem
- When
- 1672 AD
- Where
- Jerusalem
- Kind
- Council
The Orthodox answer to Calvinism, occasioned by a confession published under a patriarch's name.
A confession of markedly Calvinist doctrine had appeared in 1629 under the name of Cyril Lucaris, patriarch of Constantinople, and was being used in the west as evidence that the Orthodox agreed with the Reformed. The synod, under Dositheus of Jerusalem, repudiated it point by point: it affirmed the real presence and used the word transubstantiation, upheld free will against unconditional predestination, kept the deuterocanonical books, and defended icons and the invocation of saints. Whether Lucaris actually wrote the confession is still argued. The resulting Confession of Dositheus remains one of the clearest statements of Orthodox teaching against Protestant positions, and is what this site cites for Orthodox entries in the doctrine comparison.
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