Second Council of Constantinople
Second Council of Constantinople
All four were held in the capital of the former Byzantine Empire ; all were cumenical. The principal acts of these Councils were disciplinary and dogmatic.
The First Council of Constantinople, 381 , condemned Arianism , Macedonianism, and kindred heresies. It formally approved of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.
The Second Council of Constantinople, 553 , anathematized the “Three Chapters,” and issued dogmatic condemnations against Arius , Nestorius, and other heretics.
The Third Council of Constantinople, 618 , defined the Church’s doctrine on the two wills (human and Divine) in Christ, at the same time anathematizing the opposite (Monothelitic) heresy .
The Fourth Council of Constantinople, 869 , condemned Photius and the acts of the false Photian councils