The First Council of Constantinople was the second ecumenical council of the Christian church, called by the Roman emperor Theodosius I to settle disputes that remained after the Council of Nicaea. It confirmed the Nicene Creed and expanded it, particularly on the divinity of the Holy Spirit, in a form that is the basis of the creed still used by most Christian churches. The council condemned Arianism, which denied that the Son was fully divine, and other teachings. It also ruled that the bishop of Constantinople should rank next to the bishop of Rome, because Constantinople was the new Rome. Only eastern bishops attended, and the West accepted its decisions later.
Before and after
- 371 CEBattle of Bagavan
- from 375 CE to 568 CEMigration Period
- 9 August 378 CEThe Goths destroy a Roman army at Adrianople
- 27 February 380 CEChristianity becomes the state religion of Rome
- 381 CEFirst Council of Constantinople
- 386 CEOrigins of Sümela Monastery
- 386 CEConstruction of Basilica of Saint Paul outside the Walls
- from 386 CE to 535 CENorthern Wei
- from 5 September 394 CE to 6 September 394 CEBattle of the Frigidus
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- c. 1,752 BCECode of Hammurabi
- c. 430s BCEHerodotus writes the Histories
- c. 20 BCEVirgil's Aeneid is published
- 48 CEPublication of Epistle to the Galatians
- 325 CEFirst Council of Nicaea
The era
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