Constantinople (n.)the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church;
Constantinople (n.)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: Fourth Council of Constantinople
Constantinople (n.)the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human;
Synonyms: Third Council of Constantinople
Constantinople (n.)the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic;
Synonyms: Second Council of Constantinople
Constantinople (n.)the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed;
Synonyms: First Council of Constantinople
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