Fourth Council of Constantinople

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Catholic ecumenical council Council of Constantinople church council ecumenical council

The Fourth Council of Constantinople was an ecumenical council of the Christian Church held in 869–870 (recognized by the Roman Catholic Church) that addressed the Photian Schism and issues of papal authority and church discipline.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Eighth Ecumenical Council 1
Fourth Council of Constantinople 869–870 1
Fourth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic ecumenical council ⓘ
Council of Constantinople ⓘ
church council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
addressedIssue deposition of Photius I ⓘ
jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome ⓘ
legitimacy of Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople ⓘ
relations between papacy and Byzantine Church ⓘ
restoration of Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Eighth Ecumenical Council

Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople
approvedBy Pope Hadrian II ⓘ
surface form: Pope Adrian II
confirmedBy Pope John VIII ⓘ
convenedBy Byzantine Emperor Basil I ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Basil I
convokedBy Pope Hadrian II ⓘ
surface form: Pope Adrian II
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
declared Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
Photios I of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Photius I deposed and excommunicated

primacy of the Roman Pontiff in the Church ⓘ
denominationContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
ecumenicalNumberInCatholicTradition 8 ⓘ
endTime 870 ⓘ
followedBy First Council of the Lateran ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatusIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
hasParticipant bishops of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
legates of Pope Adrian II ⓘ
heldIn Hagia Sophia ⓘ
surface form: Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
historicalRegion Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
languageOfWork Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
location Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
mainTopic Photian Schism ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
papal authority ⓘ
notRecognizedAsEcumenicalBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
numberOfSessions 10 ⓘ
partOf history of the Photian Schism ⓘ
precededBy Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
presentDayLocation Istanbul ⓘ
produced canons on church discipline ⓘ
decrees against Photius I ⓘ
recognizedBy Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religion Christianity ⓘ
seeAlso Council of Constantinople 879–880 ⓘ
surface form: Council of Constantinople (879–880)
startTime 869 ⓘ
subjectOf Roman Catholic dogmatic theology ⓘ
canon law collections ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Fourth Council of Constantinople → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eighth Ecumenical Council
Fourth Council of Constantinople → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople
Second Council of Nicaea → followedBy → Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Lyon → hasNumberInEcumenicalSequence → Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thirteenth Ecumenical Council
Photian Schism → hasSignificantEvent → Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Council of Constantinople 869–870