SPEAR Factoids about Council of Chalcedon (451)

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event: The persecution reached Mare, Bishop of Amida in Mesopotamia and he chose exile over the synod of Chalcedon. He went into exile in Petra with Sergius, Stephen, and Thomas. See factoid page

event: Sergius declared that the Council of Chalcedon was consistent with the theology of Diodore, Theodore, and Nestorius. See factoid page

event: Athanasius wrote a letter indicating he accepted the Henotikon without specifically anathematizing the Council of Chalcedon or Leo's Tome. See factoid page

event: In 515, Severus and the bishops gathered in Antioch wrote a letter to the bishops under the metropolis of Apamea about their embrace of heresy and mistreatment of the orthodox. See factoid page

event: After John spent some time in the convent, supporters of the council of Chalcedon expelled all the monks and bishops. See factoid page

event: John wrote a letter indicating he accepted the Henotikon without specifically anathematizing the Council of Chalcedon or Leo's Tome. See factoid page

event: John wrote a letter to Dioscorus and Chaeremon See factoid page

event: Mishael had chosen many years of self-imposed exile rather than commune with the synod of Chalcedon before being reinstated by Justinian. See factoid page

event: Followers of the Council of Chalcedon expelled Christians from Alexandria and Mare from his desert cell. On account of the persecution,Mare resolved to travel to Constantinople to err his grievacnes with the king and queen. See factoid page

event: After 12 years, persecution against Thomas and the brothers came from Armenia, instigated by Ephraim. See factoid page

event: Between A.D. 521 and 526 the community was forced to leave their monastery by the defenders of the corrupt synod of Chalcedon. The community was so large, that the monastery of Mar Mama in the village of Hzyn in Ṭyšf could not hold them. See factoid page

event: Those who had assembled to Thomas, over 800, were brought before the satrap, who demanded that they accept the decress of the Council of Chalcedon or they would have to leave Armenia. John commanded Thomas to leave as well. See factoid page

event: Severus and the bishops of the East had drawn up a synodal letter to John the archbishop of Alexandria , affirming orthodoxy and condemning the council of Chalcedon, the teachings of Nestorius, and the Tome of Leo. See factoid page

event: Between 514 and 518, Severus wrote to Theotecnus the Chief Physician about the bishops of Constantinople affirming the teachings of the council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: The synod in Constantinople intended to affirm the council of Chalcedon as a repudiation of the teachings of Eutyches. See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon persecution forced the conversion of monastics as Abbi's monastery and drove him out of the monastery. See factoid page

event: Paul refused to carry out the counsel of Severus to remove the names of those who affirmed the synod of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: Sergius set out to visit Maro the stylite, whom the synod supporters left alone until a certain bishop visited him and tried unsuccessfully to convert him to the Chalcedonian heresy. See factoid page

event: In October 451 450/51 A. Gr. 762 a council was assembled in the city of Chalcedon . Since the first session of the Council of Chalcedon began on 8 October (Teshri I) of 451, the correct year A. Gr. would be 763, not 762. See factoid page

event: Following the example of Constantine, Severus encouraged Solon to commune only with orthodox clergy, rather than following the example of Anastasius who had supported the Henotikon. See factoid page

event: Zeʿora anathematized the Council of Chalcedon and inflicted the emperor with swelling and a compromised mental state. See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon , John was expelled from Gaza, and traveled into Alexandria, finally settling in the Ennaton. See factoid page

event: Sometime after 451 Addai was deposed by those attempting to enforce the heresy of the Council of Chalcedon. He exhorted the brothers to remember the poor, and retreated to his exile in the mountains east of Anzetene. See factoid page

event: In 511/2 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. the 21st year of the reign of Anastasios Anastasios commanded them to open the coffin of Euphemia the martyr , remove the book placed there by the Council of Chalcedon , and burn it. Anastasios relented when fire from heaven struck the faces of those wishing to remove it . This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

event: In 511/2 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. the 21st year of the reign of Anastasios Anastasios deposed Macedon because he did not anathematize the Council of Chalcedon . This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

event: In 518/19 A. Gr. 830 Justin deposed Severus and Philoxenos for refusing to accept the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: On 4 November A. D. 519 4 Teshri II A. Gr. 831 Patricius arrived in Edessa at the command of the Emperor Justin in order to urge Bishop Pawlā to receive the Council of Chalcedon or else be deposed. See factoid page

event: After 4 November A. D. 519 4 Teshri II A. Gr. 831 , Bishop Pawlā refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon . When Patricius threatened to remove him from Edessa he fled to the House of Baptism . Fearing the command of Emperor Justin , Patricius removed Bishop Pawlā to Seleucia . See factoid page

event: In 520/1 A. Gr. 832 , the Emperor Justin returned Bishop Pawlā to his episcopal see in Edessa hoping that he would accept the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: Pawlā refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon and on 27 July 27 A. D. 522 27 Tammuz A. Gr. 833 Emperor Justin deposed him and exiled him to Euchata . See factoid page

event: In 24 December A. D. 522 24 Kānun I A. Gr. 834 Bishop Asclepius drove off the monks of the east because they would not accept the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: After 27 June 525 27 Ḥazirān A. Gr. 836 , Pawlā repented of his opposition to the Council of Chalcedon , petitioned Justinian for the return of his episcopal see, and wrote a libellus affirming the council to Euphrasius the Patriarch . See factoid page

event: Following Pawlā's acceptance of the Council of Chalcedon and a letter of support from Justinian , the Emperor Justin restored Pawlā to his episcopal see and he entered Edessa on 8 March 526 8 Ādar A. Gr. 837 . See factoid page

event: Justinian put into the diptychs of the church the four holy synods: the Council of Nicaea , the Council of Constantinople , the Council of Ephesus , and the Council of Chalcedon . See factoid page

event: In 511 This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. After his accession as bishop , Timothy wrote a synodical letter that he sent to John and others in which he did not anathematize the Council of Chalcedon. This regularized date was calculated by the SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as regnal years, etc. See factoid page

event: Even those who disagreed with the Christology of Anonymi 3771 marveled at their asceticism and came to the palace of Hormisdas to venerate them. Some even renounced the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: John responded to the synodical letter of Timothy and urged him to anathematize the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: Between 508 and 511, Severus wrote a letter to Constantine the bishop about the ordination of bishops and clergy in the wake of the Council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: Emperor Anastasius sent his formula of satisfaction to Flavian, prelate of Antioch. See factoid page

event: John of Claudiopolis , when he received Severus in the house of Patrick, urged Severus to receive the synod of Chalcedon, not as a positive definition of faith, but as a rejection of Nestorius and Eutyches. See factoid page

event: Severus responded to John by refusing to accept the synod of Chalcedon as a repudiation of Nestorius and Eutyches, because the Chalcedonian creed and the Tome of Leo support Nestorianism; Severus does not believe that anathematizing Eutyches makes the Council of Chalcedon legitimate, because the followers of Arius were still heretics even though they repudiated the teachings of Sabellius. See factoid page

event: Anastasios wrote a letter to John complaining about his refusal simply to accept the Henotikon without anathemas of Chalcedon. His letter cites letters by Peter Mongus, Athanasius, John, and John. See factoid page

event: When Timothy had endured his exile from Alexandria, Epiphanius left his bishopric in Magydum and came to Alexandria, embracing communion with Timothy. See factoid page

event: Severus believed that he had convinced John to not affirm the council of Chalcedon. See factoid page

event: At beginning of the reign of Justinian,the community was allowed to return to their destroyed monastery. And they began to restore their convents. See factoid page

event: After the Council of Chalcedon , John and the other bishops of Thella were exiled. See factoid page

event: Justin introduced the impious synod of Chalcedon. Those who did not assent, lived under persecution and exile. This began in the year 518 (830 Alexander). See factoid page

event: Peter Mongus wrote a letter indicating he accepted the Henotikon without specifically anathematizing the Council of Chalcedon or Leo's Tome. See factoid page

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