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A fresco of the Fifth Ecumenical Council by the Russian painter Dionisius, early 16th century.Image: Dionisius · Public domainculture · Middle East
The Second Council of Constantinople opens
On 5 May 553 bishops met in Constantinople for a church council called by the Emperor Justinian I and presided over by the city’s patriarch, Eutychius. Justinian wanted the council to condemn a set of writings known as the Three Chapters, hoping to reconcile Christians who had rejected the earlier Council of Chalcedon. Pope Vigilius, who was in the city, refused to attend. The council, later counted as the fifth ecumenical council, ended on 2 June with a formal condemnation.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Second Council of Constantinople ↗
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