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	Patriarch Acacius Biography
		Acacius (died 489) was the patriarch of Constantinople from 471 to 489.
		Acacius advised the Byzantine emperor Zeno to issue the Henotikon edict in 482, in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril of Alexandria accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.
		The chief circumstance to which Acacius owed this sudden wave of popularity was the adroitness with which he succeeded in putting himself at the head of the particular movement of which Daniel the Stylite was both the coryphaeus and the true inspirer.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Acacius_Patriarch.html (1690 words)

	4Reference \|\| Acacius of Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Acacius was practically the first prelate throughout the Eastern Orthodoxy and renowned for ambitious participation in the Monophysitism.
		Acacius adviced the Byzantine Empire emperor Zeno to issue the Henotikon edict in 482, in which Talk:Patriarch_Nestorius_of_Constantinople and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril of Alexandria accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.
		Acacius took no heed of the sentence up to his death in 489, which was followed by that of Mongus in 490, and of Zeno in 491.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Acacius_of_Constantinople.html (1750 words)

	Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acacius was practically the first prelate throughout the Eastern Orthodoxy and renowned for ambitious participation in the Monophysitism controversy.
		Acacius advised the Byzantine emperor Zeno to issue the Henotikon edict in 482, in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril of Alexandria accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.
		Acacius first appeared in authentic history (Suidas, s.v.) as the orphanotrophos, or an official entrusted with the care of the orphans, in the Church of Constantinople, which he administered with conspicuous success.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acacius_of_Constantinople (1782 words)

	Patriarch
		Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of the Latin Rite.
		Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of nine patriarchs in the Church of the Holy...
		Patriarch of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the bishop of Pope of Rome.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/patriarch.html (495 words)

	Patriarch Fravitta of Constantinople. Who is Patriarch Fravitta of Constantinople? What is Patriarch Fravitta of ...
		According to Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos, on the death of Acacius, the emperor Zeno placed on the altar of the great church of Constantinople two sheets of paper.
		The emperor Zeno, ashamed of his failure, entrusted the election of the new patriarch to the clergy.
		When the pope, however, wished the monks from Constantinople to undertake that the names of Acacius and Mongus should be rejected from the diptychs, they replied that they had no instructions on that point.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Patriarch_Fravitta_of_Constantinople (480 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Acacius (Patriarch of Constantinople)
		On the death of the Patriarch Gennadius, in 471, he was chosen to succeed him, and for the first five or six years of his episcopate his life was uneventful enough.
		Acacius, either in orthodox opposition now, or in unorthodox efforts at compromise later on, was anything profounder than a politician seeking to compass his own personal ends.
		Acacius began by a brutal policy of violence and persecution, directed chiefly against his old opponents the monks, to work with Zeno for the general adoption of the Henoticon throughout the East.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01082a.htm (1181 words)

	After Chalcedon - Orthodoxy in the 5th/6th Centuries
		The emperor was persuaded by these Patriarchs to send an encyclical to all the bishops throughout the empire calling upon them to anathematise the Tome of Leo and all the things said and done at Chalcedon which were innovations beyond the Faith of the three hundred and eighteen holy Fathers.
		The compromise replacement who had held the Patriarchate while Timothy was in exile agreed to retire on a Church pension, and the holy relics of Pope St. Dioscorus were brought from Gangra, his place of exile, to be buried with the other Alexandrian bishops.
		Patriarchs Timothy of Alexandria and Anastasius of Jerusalem refused to have anything to do with this new letter, but Zeno, when he had driven Basiliscus into exile, left them in peace since they were both elderly.
	www.orthodoxunity.org /article01.html (3878 words)

	A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ...
		Acacius (7), patriarch of Constantinople, A.D. Acacias was originally at the head of an orphanage at Constantinople, which he administered with conspicuous success (Suidas, s.v.
		Acacius and Zeno readily listened to the promises of Mongus, and in spite of the vehement opposition of Simplicius, received the envoys whom he sent to discuss the terms of reunion.
		The Henoticon failed to restore unity to the East, and in 519 the emperor Justin submitted to pope Hormisdas, and the condemnation of Acacius was recognized by the Constantinopolitan church.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.Acacius_7.html (1118 words)

	Henoticon, The
		Acacius persuaded Zeno to present himself to the world in the novel character of an expounder of the faith of the Catholic church.
		Zeno and Acacius had "made a solitude and called it peace." It would be tedious to narrate in detail the subsequent issues of this unhappy attempt to force discordant elements into external union which continued under Acacius's successors and under the emperor Anastasius.
		The names of the patriarchs Acacius, Fravitta, Euphemius, and Macedonius, together with those of the emperor Zeno and Anastasius, were erased from the diptychs, and Acacius was branded with a special anathema.
	jmgainor.homestead.com /files/PU/PF/he.htm (1837 words)

	The Legacy of Chalcedon (451-681)
		Taught that, after the incarnation, the humanity of Christ was merged in the divinity to constitute "one nature." The formula, however, "one nature after the incarnation" was capable of a non-Eutychean interpretation.
		Acacius was excommunicated by Pope Felix III in 484.
		Antiochene interpreters of Chalcedon: Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (458-71) and Theodoret of Cyrrhus.
	www.etss.edu /hts/hts1/notes16.htm (582 words)

	The Consequences of Chalcedon
		The Armenians to-day still acknowledge the pope as Patriarch of the West and the chief of the bishops of the Church--though some of its writers would have it that the primacy was conferred by the Council of Nicaea and lost by the "apostasy" of Chalcedon.
		To be in communion with Mongos, an out-and-out Monophysite, was to cease to be Catholic.
		Acacius, more than once, averred that the popes owed their pre-eminence in the Church to their being bishops of the capital city of the empire, and now that that capital was transferred to Constantinople, the first rank should go to its patriarchs.
	www.catholic-forum.com /members/popestleo/conseq.html (5008 words)

	Pope Felix III. Who is Pope Felix III? What is Pope Felix III? Where is Pope Felix III? Definition of Pope Felix III. ...
		Nothing certain is known of Felix until he succeeded St.
		His first act was to repudiate the Henoticon, a deed of union, supposedly originating with patriarch Acacius of Constantinople and published by the emperor Zeno with the view of allaying the strife between the Monophysites and their opponents in the Orthodox Church.
		The latter proved refractory, and sentence of deposition was passed against Acacius.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Pope_Felix_III (176 words)

	Acacius of Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		489) was a patriarch of Constantinople in the end of the 5th century.
		Acacius adviced the Byzantine emperor Zeno to issue the Henotikon edict[?] in 482, in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril of Alexandria accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.
		He condemned and deposed Acacius, a proceeding which the latter regarded with contempt, but which involved a breach between the two sees that lasted after Acacius’s death through the long and troubled reign of emperor Anastasius I, and was only healed by Justin I in 519.
	www.eurofreehost.com /ac/Acacius_of_Constantinople.html (211 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Acacius advised the Byzantine emperor Zeno of the Byzantine Empire Zeno to issue the Henotikon Henotikon edict in 482, in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril of Alexandria accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.
		He condemned and deposed Acacius, a proceeding which the latter regarded with contempt, but which involved a schism between the two sees that lasted after Acacius’s death through the long and troubled reign of the Byzantine emperor Roman Emperor Anastasius I Anastasius I, and was only healed by Justin I under Pope Hormisdas in 519.
		His abilities attracted the notice of the Roman emperor Leo I of the Byzantine Empire Leo I, over whom he obtained great influence by the arts of an accomplished courtier (Suidas, l.c.), which led to his succession to the seat of Patriarch on the death of the Gennadius in 471.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Patriarch_Acacius_of_Constantinople.html (1665 words)

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		In the midst of this confusion a number of Eastern bishops appealed to Rome during the pontificate of Symmachus, in order that, by the restoration of unity in the Church, their positions might be strengthened and the progress of Monophysitism checked.
		They now submitted to the condemnation of Acacius and signed the confession of faith (regula fidei) of Hormisdas, as did also the bishops of the province of Epirus, who were persuaded thereto by the Roman subdeacon Pullio.
		All the demands of the pontiff were conceded; the name of the condemned Patriarch Acacius as well as the names of the Emperors Anastasius and Zeno were stricken from the church diptychs, the Patriarch John accepted the formula of Hormisdas.
	www.hismercy.ca /content/church_docs/listpopes/p50-99/p052-StHormisdas.html (1829 words)

	ST. SIMPLICIUS
		Acacius the patriarch of Constantinople, still held firm, and to his rescue came Pope Simplicius.
		Zeno, alarmed at the strength of the Monophysites, was thinking of a way to pacify them, and Acacius was hand in glove with the Emperor.
		In spite of the Pope's protests, Peter the Hoarse was recognized as true patriarch of Alexandria.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp47.htm (459 words)

	A History of the General Councils - AD 325 through AD 1870 - Mgr. Philip Hughes
		The patriarch of Constantinople was forced out, for standing by the tradition, and in his place a married layman was installed- -an unheard-of novelty.
		It was this offence, and a refusal to force the empress-mother and her daughters into a convent, that was punished when, in November 858, Ignatius was summarily arrested and deported, and the announcement was made that he had returned to the monastic life.
		The remnants of anti-Photians, at Constantinople and elsewhere, were now told by the pope that he was their lawful patriarch, and that they were not to oppose him in the name of the council of 869, for the former things had passed away.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/CDHN/coun9.html (5792 words)

	A History of the General Councils - AD 325 through AD 1870 - Mgr. Philip Hughes
		This root and branch condemnation of Acacius and the hundreds of his episcopal accomplices, all now deceased, was a stiff draught to swallow.
		On February 8, 535, the patriarch of Alexandria died, and on June 8, the patriarch of Constantinople.
		One effect of the presence of Severus in the capital was to confirm the new patriarch-- Anthimos was his name--in a resolute anti-Chalcedon spirit.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/CDHN/coun6.html (8832 words)

	ST. HORMISDAS
		First, Patriarch Acacius had supported the Henoticon and had died excommunicated and in schism.
		Then even when the patriarchs had returned to orthodoxy, they could not bring themselves to strike the name of Acacius from the liturgical diptychs or tablets.
		It was subscribed to by the patriarch of Constantinople, it swept the East and in the end was signed by 2,500 bishops.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp52.htm (512 words)

	The Byzantine Fathers
		The Exile of Timothy Aelurus and the Election of Timothy Salafaciolus as Patriarch of Alexandria.
		The Accession to the Throne of Justin I and Justinian I. The Chalcedonian Reaction in Constantinople.
		Pope Gregory I and the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria Eulogius.
	www.holytrinitymission.org /books/english/fathers_florovsky_3.htm (16869 words)

	Gelasius I - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The split with the emperor and the patriarch of Constantinople was inevitable, from the western point of view, because they had embraced a view of a single, Divine ('Monophysite') nature of Christ, which the papal party viewed as heresy.
		On a political level, Felix' excommunication of Acacius had attacked the foundation of the emperor's powers.
		Now Gelasius drew upon both Ambrose and Augustine to formulate in 494 a political foundation for the western, Catholic church, based on a distinction of powers that was inherent in Roman law.
	www.free-definition.com /Gelasius-I.html (653 words)

	Lives of Saints :: Hator 30 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Departure of St. Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
		When Anatolius, the Patriarch of Constantinople departed, this father was chosen by the believing ministers and the enlightened government officials to be successor.
		When he found that the spiritual ailment was deep-rooted and difficult to overcome, he believed that the proper thing to do was to devote his efforts to the salvation of his own soul.
	www.copticchurch.net /classes/synex.php?id=90 (620 words)

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