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Gregory the Theologian

First Council of Constantinople

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First Council of Constantinople

381

First Council of Constantinople, 381

Then briefly archbishop of Constantinople; presided over part of the Council after the death of Meletius. His Five Theological Orations, preached in Constantinople the preceding year, are the dogmatic foundation the Council ratified. He withdrew from the throne and from the Council to spare the assembly any pretext for division.

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