Representing lay involvement in the christological controversies: the acclamations of the people and the Synod of Constantinople (518)
What role did lay people play in debates over Christology in late antiquity? According to one allegedly eyewitness report, a group of laity gathered in the Great Church in Constantinople at the beginning of Justin I’s reign on July 15th, 518, to demand that the patriarch affirm the teachings of the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020
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Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Year: 2020, Pages: 57-80 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Council
/ History
/ Layman
/ Constantinople
/ Kirchengeschichte 518
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCC Councils SB Catholic Church law |
| Summary: | What role did lay people play in debates over Christology in late antiquity? According to one allegedly eyewitness report, a group of laity gathered in the Great Church in Constantinople at the beginning of Justin I’s reign on July 15th, 518, to demand that the patriarch affirm the teachings of the Council of Chalcedon and denounce its detractors. A liturgy in honor of Chalcedon was celebrated on July 16th, and the Synod of Constantinople took place on July 20th. This highly stylized text, the Acclamations of the People, emphasizes the role of the laity in the decision-making process of this synod and thus in the changes to imperial policy regarding Christology. This article examines the transmission of this text and the reception of its report in collections of texts from three separate moments: (1) in Constantinople before and just after the Synod of Constantinople in 518; (2) at regional synods held in 518 and 519; and (3) in the Acts of the Synod of Constantinople in 536. These collections exhibit how the organizers of collections sought to shape the reading of this text and its content. They reveal a gradually decreasing importance assigned to the role of the laity in the events that led to the Synod of Constantinople in 518. This study thus lays necessary groundwork for evaluating the involvement of laity in the theological controversies of late antiquity. |
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| ISBN: | 3110684306 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Internationale Konferenz "Konziliare Entscheidungsfindung in Spätantike und Frühem Mittelalter (6.-Mitte 9. Jh.)" (2017 : Frankfurt am Main), Konzilien und kanonisches Recht in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
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