FOURTH COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

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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

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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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