Constantinople III

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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.

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Constantinople III canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church council
ecumenical council
affirmedDoctrine Monothelitism
surface form: 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 (posthumously)
surface form: Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople

Pope Honorius I (posthumously)
surface form: 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 self-link
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 Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches (with reservations)

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

some Protestant churches
religion Christianity
resultedIn dogmatic definition of two wills in Christ
formal condemnation of Monothelitism
startDate 680
tookPlaceIn Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

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Third Council of Constantinople alsoKnownAs Constantinople III
Constantinople III hasCommonName Constantinople III self-link