Council of Seleucia

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4th-century church council Christian synod ecclesiastical council

The Council of Seleucia was a 4th-century ecclesiastical assembly of Eastern bishops that played a key role in the Arian controversy within the early Christian Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Seleucia canonical	4
Council of Seleucia (359)	2
Dedication Council of Antioch	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century church council ⓘ Christian synod ⓘ ecclesiastical council ⓘ
approvedCreed	Homoiousian-leaning formula ⓘ
attendedBy	Anomoean bishops ⓘ Arian bishops ⓘ Eastern bishops ⓘ Homoiousian bishops ⓘ
category	4th-century Christian councils ⓘ Arianism ⓘ History of early Christianity ⓘ
church	Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Church
conflict	Arianism vs. Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
convenedBy	Constantius II ⓘ
countryAtTime	Roman Empire ⓘ
date	359 ⓘ
denomination	early Catholic Church ⓘ
followedBy	Council of Constantinople of 360 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to later imperial settlement at Constantinople 360 ⓘ illustrated deep divisions among Eastern bishops ⓘ key event in consolidation of semi-Arian positions ⓘ
issue	homoousios vs. homoiousios terminology ⓘ
languageOfWork	Greek ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
location	Seleucia-on-the-Tigris ⓘ surface form: Seleucia Seleucia in Isauria ⓘ
mainTopic	Christology ⓘ Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ relationship between Father and Son ⓘ
numberOfBishops	about 150 ⓘ
opposedBy	Nicene party ⓘ
partOf	Arian controversy ⓘ
politicalContext	imperial intervention in church doctrine ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Acacius of Caesarea ⓘ
relatedTo	Council of Constantinople of 360 ⓘ surface form: Council of Constantinople (360) First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Council of Nicaea Council of Rimini ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
result	condemnation of several pro-Nicene bishops ⓘ deposition of some bishops opposed to the Arian-leaning majority ⓘ rejection of the Nicene term homoousios by the majority ⓘ
significantFigure	Acacius of Caesarea ⓘ Basil of Ancyra ⓘ Eleusius of Cyzicus ⓘ Eudoxius of Antioch ⓘ George of Laodicea ⓘ
temporalLocation	4th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Constantius II → convenedCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Council of Rimini → relatedEvent → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Council of Antioch → alsoKnownAs → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Antioch (341)

this entity surface form: Dedication Council of Antioch

Acacius of Caesarea → participatedIn → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Seleucia (359)

Eudoxius of Antioch → supportedCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Semi-Arianism → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Arian controversy → significantEvent → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Seleucia (359)