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FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fourth Council of Constantinople mean?
• FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (noun)
The noun FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Constantinople; Fourth Council of Constantinople
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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