Constantinople (n.)

  1. the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church

    [ Syn: istanbul , stambul , stamboul , constantinople ]

  2. the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches

    [ Syn: constantinople , fourth council of constantinople ]

  3. the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human

    [ Syn: constantinople , third council of constantinople ]

  4. the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origens writings to be heretic

    [ Syn: constantinople , second council of constantinople ]

  5. the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed

    [ Syn: constantinople , first council of constantinople ]

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