The second ecumenical council completes the Nicene confession, expanding the article on the Holy Spirit; its creed is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed the church still recites.
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The Event
- Date
- 381 (exact)
- Also called
- Constantinople I
- Era
- Patristic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Constantinople; today Istanbul, Turkey
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed and Presbyterian
- Key figures
- Theodosius I, Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea
- Key texts
- Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Connections
- First Council of Nicaea; completed
Doctrines in Play
Primary Sources
- The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations
Secondary Sources
- Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines (Harper, 1978)
- Hanson, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God (T&T Clark, 1988)
Provenance: HIST-0016; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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