Third Council of Constantinople

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The Third Council of Constantinople was a 7th-century ecumenical council that condemned Monothelitism and affirmed that Christ possesses both a divine and a human will.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fourth Ecumenical Council	1
Seventh Ecumenical Council	1
Sixth Ecumenical Council	1
Third Council of Constantinople (Quinisext Council is sometimes associated but not counted as ecumenical by all)	1
Third Council of Constantinople affirmed two wills in Christ	1
seventh ecumenical council	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian ecumenical council ⓘ church council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constantinople III ⓘ Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Sixth Ecumenical Council
century	7th century ⓘ
condemnedPerson	Cyrus of Alexandria ⓘ Macarius of Antioch ⓘ Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople (posthumously) ⓘ Pope Honorius I (posthumously) ⓘ Pyrrhus of Constantinople ⓘ
convokedBy	Emperor Constantine IV ⓘ Pope Agatho ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
doctrineAffirmed	Christ has two natural operations ⓘ Christ has two wills ⓘ Dyothelitism ⓘ
doctrineCondemned	Monoenergism ⓘ Monothelitism ⓘ
endDate	681-09-16 ⓘ
follows	Third Council of Constantinople self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Council of Constantinople (Quinisext Council is sometimes associated but not counted as ecumenical by all)
hasImpactOn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology Roman Catholic dogma ⓘ subsequent ecumenical councils ⓘ
issuedDocument	canons on Christological doctrine ⓘ dogmatic decree against Monothelitism ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
location	Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Istanbul ⓘ surface form: modern-day Istanbul
mainTopic	Christology ⓘ Monothelitism ⓘ
numberInSequence	sixth ecumenical council ⓘ
participants	bishops of the Eastern Church ⓘ legates of the Bishop of Rome ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire history ⓘ history of Christianity ⓘ
precedes	Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Emperor Constantine IV ⓘ
recognizedBy	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Old Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches (partially) Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church many Protestant churches ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
result	clarification of Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ official condemnation of Monothelitism as heresy ⓘ strengthening of imperial and papal cooperation on doctrine ⓘ
startDate	680-11-07 ⓘ
subjectOf	theological studies on Christ’s two wills ⓘ
teaches	Christ possesses both a divine will and a human will ⓘ the two wills of Christ are not contrary but cooperate ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Council of Nicaea → alsoKnownAs → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventh Ecumenical Council

Third Council of Constantinople → alsoKnownAs → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Ecumenical Council

Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople (posthumously) → associatedWithCouncil → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

subject surface form: Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople

Second Council of Nicaea → chronologicalPosition → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

this entity surface form: seventh ecumenical council

Monothelitism → condemnedBy → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Emperor Constantine IV → convened → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

subject surface form: Constantine IV

Monothelitism → councilDecision → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Council of Constantinople affirmed two wills in Christ

Chalcedon → councilNumber → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council

Second Council of Nicaea → follows → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Third Council of Constantinople → follows → Third Council of Constantinople self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Council of Constantinople (Quinisext Council is sometimes associated but not counted as ecumenical by all)

Constantinople III → hasOfficialName → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Lateran Council of 649 → influenced → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Monothelitism → opposedBy → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Pope Agatho → participatedIn → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Lateran Council of 649 → prefigured → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Pope Agatho → recognizedBy → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Pope Agatho → seeAlso → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Pope Agatho → sentDelegationTo → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ

Second Council of Constantinople → successor → Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ