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FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Constantinople; Fourth Council of Constantinople
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Fourth Council of Constantinople" is a kind of...):
council ((Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine)
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