First Council of Constantinople

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Christian event church council ecumenical council

The First Council of Constantinople was the second ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 381, which expanded the Nicene Creed and clarified Trinitarian doctrine against Arian and other heresies.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian event → church council → ecumenical council →
affirmed	Nicene faith → consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit with the Father and the Son →
alsoKnownAs	First Ecumenical Council of Constantinople → Second Ecumenical Council →
approvedBy	Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I →
canon3Content	affirmed the primacy of the Bishop of Rome and gave the Bishop of Constantinople the second place of honor →
category	381 in Christianity → 4th-century church councils →
clarifiedDoctrineOn	Trinity → divinity of the Holy Spirit →
condemned	Apollinarianism → Arianism → Macedonianism → Pneumatomachianism →
convenedBy	Theodosius I →
date	381 →
ecumenicalCouncilNumber	2 →
endDate	381-07 →
expanded	Nicene Creed →
follows	First Council of Nicaea →
issuedCanon	Canon 1 → Canon 2 → Canon 3 → Canon 4 →
language	Greek →
location	Byzantine Empire → Constantinople →
mainTopic	Holy Spirit → Nicene Creed → Trinitarian doctrine →
numberOfCanons	4 →
partOf	Patristic era → history of Christianity →
precedes	Council of Ephesus →
presidedOverBy	Gregory of Nazianzus → Meletius of Antioch → Nectarius of Constantinople →
produced	Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed →
reaffirmed	homoousios of the Son with the Father →
recognizedBy	Assyrian Church of the East → Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Roman Catholic Church → most Protestant churches →
religion	Christianity →
startDate	381-05 →

Referenced by (45)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armenian Apostolic Church → Coptic Orthodox Church → Eastern Christianity → Eastern Orthodox Christianity → Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → Nicene Christianity →	recognizesCouncil
Gregory of Nazianzus ("Second Ecumenical Council") → Gregory of Nyssa → Nectarius of Constantinople →	participatedIn
Oriental Orthodoxy → Syriac Orthodox Church →	acceptsCouncil
Holy Trinity → Virgin Birth of Jesus →	affirmedByCouncil
First Council of Constantinople ("Second Ecumenical Council") → First Council of Constantinople ("First Ecumenical Council of Constantinople") →	alsoKnownAs
Canon 1 → Gregory of Nazianzus →	council
Evagrius Ponticus ("Second Ecumenical Council") → Evagrius Ponticus →	councilParticipation
Council of Ephesus → Third Ecumenical Council →	precededBy
Athanasian Creed ("Council of Constantinople") →	affirmsCouncilTeaching
Patriarchate of Constantinople →	associatedCouncil
Meletius of Antioch ("Council of Constantinople of 381") →	associatedWith
Apollinarianism →	condemnedAsHeresyBy
Arianism →	condemnedByCouncil
Theodosius I →	convened
Incarnation of Christ ("Council of Constantinople (381)") →	definedAtCouncil
Trinity →	developedAt
Nicene Christianity →	developedAtCouncil
First Council of Nicaea →	followedBy
Nicene Creed →	formulatedAt
Chalcedonian Definition ("Council of Constantinople (381)") →	influencedBy
Meletius of Antioch →	notableEvent
Canon 1 →	partOf
Meletius of Antioch →	presidedAt
Nectarius of Constantinople →	presidedOver
Father, Son, and Spirit are not distinct eternal persons ("Council of Constantinople") →	rejectedAt
Apollinarianism ("Council of Constantinople I") →	rejectedBy
Modalism ("First Council of Constantinople (implicitly, via Trinitarian dogma)") →	rejectedByCouncil
Canon 28 ("Canon 3 of the First Council of Constantinople") →	relatedTo
Nectarius of Constantinople →	seeAlso
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century ("First Council of Constantinople in 381") →	significantEvent
Pope Damasus I ("Council of Constantinople (381)") →	supported