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Fifth Ecumenical Council

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The '''Fifth Ecumenical Council''' took place in Constantinople in 553 AD, and is also known as the '''Second Council of Constantinople.'''==History==The fifth of the seven [[Ecumenical Councils]] dealt with the following:*Reinterpreting the Chalcedonian decrees from an Alexandrian point of view*Explaining more constructively the two natures of Christ and how they form a single Person Among the [http://www.comparativereligion.com/anathemas.html anathemas] made by the Council were those against parts of the teaching of [[Origen]].==Commemoration ==The '''Holy Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council''' are commemorated on [[July 25]] and also on the 9th Sunday after [[Pentecost]] the [[Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils]]. == Source ==*''The Orthodox Church'', Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]] == External Links ==*[http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG0835/_INDEX.HTM Canons of the seven ecumenical councils]*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102090 Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council] – [[OCA]] website.[[Category:Church History]][[Category:Councils]][[Category:Ecumenical Councils]] [[ar:المجمع المسكوني الخامس]][[ro:Sinodul V Ecumenic]]LOL INTERNET
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