Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters

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Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters is a set of doctrinal condemnations issued by the Second Council of Constantinople in 553 to resolve Christological controversies and further define orthodox Christian teaching.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conciliar decree
dogmatic condemnation
ecclesiastical document
aim to further define orthodox Christian teaching
to resolve Christological controversies
approvedBy Justinian I
surface form: Emperor Justinian I
associatedWithCouncil Council of Chalcedon
associatedWithEmperor Justinian I
authorityBasis ecumenical council authority
canonicalStatus part of the acts of the Second Council of Constantinople
concernedWith interpretation of the Council of Chalcedon
orthodoxy of certain Antiochene theologians
relationship between divine and human natures in Christ
controversialIn Western Christianity
surface form: Western Church
councilNumber Second Council of Constantinople
surface form: Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople
date 553
denominationalContext Chalcedonian Christianity
Eastern Christianity
doctrinalFunction clarification of Chalcedonian orthodoxy
condemnation of certain writings and authors
documentStructure series of numbered anathemas
ecclesiasticalStatus ecumenical council decree
ecclesiologicalImpact tensions between Eastern and Western churches
genre anathemas
geographicalContext Eastern Mediterranean
historicalPeriod 6th century
influenceOn later Christological debates
medieval canon law collections
issuedBy Second Council of Constantinople
language Greek
normativeScope universal Church as understood by the council
numberOfAnathemas 14
opposedBy some Western bishops
placeOfIssue Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
politicalContext Byzantine Empire
preservedIn Second Council of Constantinople
surface form: acts of the Second Council of Constantinople
recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
relatedIssue schism over the Three Chapters
relatedTo Justinianic reforms
surface form: Justinianic religious policy

imperial attempts at church unity
religiousTradition Christianity
subjectOfCondemnation Three Chapters
theologicalContext Christology
controversy over the Council of Chalcedon
typeOfSanction doctrinal anathema

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Second Council of Constantinople produced Fourteen anathemas against the Three Chapters