Beginning with three synods convened between 264 and 269 in the matter of Paul of Samosata, more than thirty councils were held in Antioch in ancient times. Most of these dealt with phases of the Arian and of the Christological controversies.[1] For example, the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Paul of Samosata states:
It must be regarded as certain that the council which condemned Paul rejected the term homoousios; but naturally only in a false sense used by Paul; not, it seems because he meant by it a unity of Hypostasis in the Trinity (so St. Hilary), but because he intended by it a common substance out of which both Father and Son proceeded, or which it divided between them, — so St. Basil and St. Athanasius; but the question is not clear. The objectors to the Nicene doctrine in the fourth century made copious use of this disapproval of the Nicene word by a famous council.[2]
The most celebrated convened in the summer of 341 at the dedication of the Domus Aurea, and is therefore called in encaeniis or dedication council. Nearly a hundred Eastern bishops were present, but the bishop of Rome was not represented. The emperor Constantius II attended in person.[1]
three synods convened between 264 and 269 in the matter of Paul of Samosata, more than thirty councils were held in Antioch in ancient times. Most of these...
His hierarchy served the largest number of Christians in the known world at that time. The synodsofAntioch met at a basilica named for Julian the Martyr...
teaching, including the term homoousios, had been condemned by the SynodsofAntioch in 269. Hence, after Constantine's death in 337, open dispute resumed...
was elected by the Holy SynodofAntioch to be the Metropolitan of Bosra and Hauran. His episcopacy has been in the midst of extremely difficult circumstances...
province of the Congo, known appropriately as provincial synods. The CCC regroups 62 Protestant denominations. SynodsofAntioch, 264–269 Synodsof Carthage...
Head of the Holy Synodof the Syriac Orthodox Church, the highest authority of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The position of the Patriarch ofAntioch was...
Eustathius ofAntioch, sometimes surnamed the Great, was a Christian bishop and archbishop ofAntioch in the 4th century. His feast day in the Eastern...
pre-legalization of Christianity councils or synods (for examples see SynodsofAntioch between 264–269AD and Synodof Elvira). As such, they constitute a permanent...
Syria and was responsible for the conversion of St Pelagia the harlot during one of the SynodsofAntioch. His feast day is observed on November 10. The...
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate ofAntioch (Greek: Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the...
Saint Meletius (Greek: Μελέτιος, Meletios) was a Christian bishop ofAntioch from 360 until his death in 381. However, his episcopate was dominated by...
of his leisure moments. In 269, seventy bishops, priests and deacons assembled at Antioch as a Pre-Ecumenical synod or council called the Synodsof Antioch...
as one genus of ousia, while being three, distinct species of hypostasis: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The SynodsofAntioch condemned the...
ordinary man, born of Joseph and Mary, who became the Christ and Son of God at his baptism. In 269, the SynodsofAntioch condemned Paul of Samosata for his...
Patriarchate ofAntioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church ofAntioch. The...
Constantinople synodsof 536 and 553. An outbreak of civil war during the reign of Emperor Phocas brought forth riots in the cities of Syria and Palestine...
a continuation of Trinitarian doctrinal issues addressed in pre-legalization of Christianity councils or synods (see SynodsofAntioch between 264-269AD)...
Saint Ephraim ofAntioch (Greek: Άγιος Εφραίμ ο Αντιοχείας), also known as Saint Ephraim of Amida (Greek: Άγιος Εφραίμ o Ἀμίδιος, Syriac: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܐܡܕܝܐ)...
of Alexandria (321–324) The First SynodofAntioch (325) The Second Dedication ofAntioch (341) The Baptismal Creed of Jerusalem (350) The Apostolic Constitutions...
of Carthage (CE: Valerian, Schaff's History Vol 2 Chap 2 § 22) 264–269 SynodsofAntioch: condemned Paul of Samosata, Bishop ofAntioch, founder of Adoptionism...
century and was rejected by the SynodsofAntioch and the First Council of Nicaea, which defined the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and identified the...
Severus the Great ofAntioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza or the Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ...
Catholic church, where synods serve as a platform for open and energetic debate. Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality on March 7, 2020. On 24...
been composed before the SynodsofAntiochof 341 nor even before the latter end of the 4th century. The canonicity of the Book of Baruch represents a special...
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