The fifth ecumenical council condemns the Three Chapters in Justinian's bid to reconcile the Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches; the reconciliation fails.
Tagged: Councils Catholic Christian Eastern Orthodox
The Event
- Date
- 553 (exact)
- Also called
- Constantinople II
- Era
- Patristic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Constantinople; today Istanbul, Turkey
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Catholic, Eastern Orthodox
- Key figures
- Justinian, Vigilius
- Key texts
- The Three Chapters edicts
Connections
- Council of Chalcedon; responded_to
Doctrines in Play
Primary Sources
- Justinian, Edict on the Three Chapters
- Acts of the Council of Constantinople (553)
Secondary Sources
- Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vols. 1–5 (Chicago, 1971–1989)
Provenance: HIST-0019; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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