Constantinople III

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church council ecumenical council

Constantinople III is the common name for the Third Council of Constantinople, a 7th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that condemned the doctrine of Monothelitism.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church council → ecumenical council →
affirmedDoctrine	Dyothelitism →
aimedTo	resolve the Monothelite controversy →
approvedBy	Pope Leo II →
century	7th century →
christologicalPosition	two wills in Christ corresponding to two natures →
condemnedAsHeresy	Monoenergism → Monothelitism →
condemnedDoctrine	Monothelitism →
condemnedPerson	Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople → Patriarch Peter of Constantinople → Patriarch Pyrrhus I of Constantinople → Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople → Pope Honorius I →
convokedBy	Emperor Constantine IV →
councilNumber	sixth ecumenical council →
definedTeaching	Christ has two natural operations → Christ has two wills →
endDate	681 →
followedBy	Second Council of Nicaea →
hasCommonName	Constantinople III →
hasOfficialName	Third Council of Constantinople →
heldInBuilding	imperial palace in Constantinople →
issuedDocumentType	canons → dogmatic decree →
languageOfActs	Greek →
locatedInPresentDay	Istanbul →
locatedInPresentDayCountry	Turkey →
mainTopic	Christology → nature and wills of Christ →
participants	bishops of the Eastern Church → monastic representatives → papal legates →
partOf	Byzantine Empire history → history of Christianity →
precededBy	Second Council of Constantinople →
presidedOverBy	Emperor Constantine IV → representatives of Pope Agatho →
recognizedBy	Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches (with reservations) → Roman Catholic Church → some Protestant churches →
religion	Christianity →
resultedIn	dogmatic definition of two wills in Christ → formal condemnation of Monothelitism →
startDate	680 →
tookPlaceIn	Constantinople →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Third Council of Constantinople →	alsoKnownAs
Constantinople III →	hasCommonName