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The Fourth Council of Constantinople
Condemned Photius and the council he had assembled against Pope Nicholas and Patriarch Ignatius.
869
Constantinople
- Convoked under
- Pope Adrian II, by the Emperor Basil
- Present
- 102 bishops, 3 papal legates and 4 patriarchs
- What it did
- consigned to the flames the Acts of an irregular council brought together by Photius against Pope Nicholas and Ignatius, the legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople, and condemned Photius
- Afterwards
- “The Photian Schism, however, triumphed in the Greek Church, and no other general council took place in the East.”
These facts as given by the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), "Councils" PD
Medieval
c. 750 – 1100869
Event
The Fourth Council of Constantinople
Constantinople IV condemns Photius; it is the last general council held in the East.
Modern · 1953 →
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