First Council of Constantinople

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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.

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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 Council of Constantinople
surface form: First Ecumenical Council of Constantinople

First Council of Constantinople
surface form: Second Ecumenical Council
approvedBy Theodosius I
surface form: 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
Arianism
surface form: 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
Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
mainTopic God the Holy Spirit
surface form: 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 Nicene Creed
surface form: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
reaffirmed homoousios of the Son with the Father
recognizedBy Assyrian Church of the East
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

most Protestant churches
religion Christianity
startDate 381-05

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Edict of Thessalonica precedes First Council of Constantinople
Edict of Thessalonica influenced First Council of Constantinople
Eunomianism condemnedBy First Council of Constantinople
the Son was created by the Father rejectedAtCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Macedonianism associatedWithCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Macedonianism condemnedAtCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Church of the Roman Empire recognizedCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Church of the Roman Empire definedDoctrineAt First Council of Constantinople
Jacobite Church recognizesCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Slavic Orthodox Churches recognizesCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Council of Rimini relatedEvent First Council of Constantinople
Pneumatomachianism condemnedBy First Council of Constantinople
Patriarch of Antioch historicalCouncilParticipation First Council of Constantinople
Meletian schism significantEvent First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
Apollinaris of Laodicea condemnedByCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Apollinaris of Laodicea heresyDeclaredBy First Council of Constantinople
Chalcedonian Christianity influencedBy First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
Council of Antioch relatedTo First Council of Constantinople
Bishop of Mopsuestia associatedWithCouncil First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
House of Theodosius significantEvent First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
St. Cyril of Jerusalem tookPartIn First Council of Constantinople
Cappadocian Fathers influenced First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
Homoousian theology affirmedByCouncil First Council of Constantinople
Semi-Arianism declinedAfter First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
writings of Gregory of Nazianzus associatedWith First Council of Constantinople
Arian controversy significantEvent First Council of Constantinople
this entity surface form: Council of Constantinople (381)
autocephalous Church of Greece recognizesCouncil First Council of Constantinople