Event

First Council of Constantinople

381 · 41.01° N, 28.95° E

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When
381
Kind
Event
Coordinates
41.01° N, 28.95° E

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Constantinople.

Summary

First Council of Constantinople (some authorities date this council to 383): Theodosius I calls a general council to affirm and extend the Nicene Creed, and denounce Arianism and Apollinarism. Most trinitarian churches consider this an Ecumenical council.

First Council of Constantinople

381 AD council of Christian bishops

The First Council of Constantinople was a council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople in AD 381 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. This second ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom, except for the Western Church, confirmed the Nicene Creed, expanding the doctrine thereof to produce the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, and dealt…

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