Enkyklikon

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Enkyklikon was a circular letter or edict issued by the Eastern Roman emperor Basiliscus in 475–476 that attempted to resolve Christological disputes by rejecting the Council of Chalcedon.

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Label Occurrences
Enkyklikon canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf circular letter
imperial edict
addressedTo bishops of the Eastern Roman Empire
affirmedCouncil Council of Nicaea NERFINISHED
First Council of Constantinople NERFINISHED
First Council of Ephesus NERFINISHED
christologicalIssue nature of Christ
condemnedCouncil Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
consequence intensification of Christological controversy
dateIssued 475
476
geographicScope Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
issuedBy Basiliscus NERFINISHED
issuedIn Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
language Greek
opposedBy Chalcedonian bishops
Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople NERFINISHED
politicalContext usurpation of Basiliscus
purpose to resolve Christological disputes
relatedDocument Henotikon NERFINISHED
relatedTo Acacian Schism NERFINISHED
Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED
Miaphysitism NERFINISHED
repealedBy Zeno NERFINISHED
seeAlso Basiliscus NERFINISHED
Christological controversies in the 5th century
Council of Chalcedon NERFINISHED
supportedBy Miaphysite bishops
theologicalPosition rejection of the Council of Chalcedon
support for Miaphysite doctrine

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Basiliscus issued Enkyklikon