Category: Second Council of Constantinople
Categories: Christianity, First Seven Ecumenical Councils
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In 553, Emperor Justinian I convened the Second Council of Constantinople. He invited an equal number of bishops from each of the five patriarchal sees of the Christian Church, ensuring the bishops from the eastern sees would overwhelming outnumber those from the western see. The purpose of the council was to confirm the creed adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and to reinforce the rejection of the Nestorian view of the nature of Jesus Christ. Although Justinian sought to reunite the Christian Church through this council, it led to further schisms within the Church, particularly between the bishops in in the western and eastern patriarchal sees.
This category is intended to collect profiles of historical figures associated with the Second Council of Constantinople in some way including Justinian I, the emperor who called the council, and all its known attendees, as well as free space pages in some way associated with the Council.
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