
	Where results make sense

Topic: Patriarch Sisinnius I of Constantinople

	Nestorius - LoveToKnow 1911
		451), Syrian ecclesiastic, patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to 431, was a native of Germanicia at the foot of Mount Taurus, in Syria.
		As monk in the neighbouring monastery of Euprepius, and afterwards as presbyter, he became celebrated in the diocese for his asceticism, his orthodoxy and his eloquence; hostile critics, such as the church historian Socrates, allege that his arrogance and vanity were hardly less conspicuous.
		On the death of Sisinnius, patriarch of Constantinople (December 427), Theodosius perplexed by the various claims of the local clergy, appointed the disinguished preacher of Antioch to the vacant see.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nestorius (2382 words)

	CHAPTER - ECCLESIASTICAL DISCORD
		But the patriarch of Alexandria, while he darted the thunders of a god, exposed the errors and passions of a mortal; and his twelve anathemas still torture the orthodox slaves, who adore the memory of a saint, without forfeiting their allegiance to the synod of Chalcedon.
		Constantinople and the suburbs were sanctified with frequent monasteries, and the holy abbots, Dalmatius and Eutyches, f1134 had devoted their zeal and fidelity to the cause of Cyril, the worship of Mary, and the unity of Christ.
		But their incessant demands despoiled the sanctuaries of Constantinople and Alexandria; and the authority of the patriarch was unable to silence the just murmur of his clergy, that a debt of sixty thousand pounds had already been contracted to support the expense of this scandalous corruption.
	www.godrules.net /library/gibbon/82gibbon_d9.htm (9147 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 290 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On the death of Atticus patriarch of Constantinople a.
		Sisinnius was the successful candidate ; and Philip, mortified at his defeat, made in his Ecclesiastical History such severe strictures on the election of his more fortunate rival, that Socrates could not venture to transcribe his remarks ; and has expressed his strong disapproval of his headstrong temper.
		That the work was completed before the death of Sisinnius is probable from the apparent silence of Philip as to his subsequent disappointments in obtaining the patriarchate ; but as Sisinnius, according to a more exact chronology, died a.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2624.html (848 words)

	Councils of Constantinople
		Constantinople II was convoked by Justinian I in 553, to condemn the Nestorian writings called the "Three Chapters." Under the virtual tutelage of the emperor, the council proscribed Nestorianism and reconfirmed the doctrine that Christ's two natures, one human and one divine, are perfectly united in one person.
		Constantinople III was summoned by Constantine IV in 680-81 with the consent of Pope Agatho.
		However, if the patriarch of Constantinople and his suffragan bishops come to know of any others who have committed crimes of this kind and neglect to act against them with the necessary zeal, they must be deposed and debarred from the dignity of their priesthood.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txs/constant.htm (14088 words)

	http://www.TraditionalCatholic.net
		He was living as a priest and monk in the monastery of Euprepius near the walls, when he was chosen by the Emperor Theodosius II to be Patriarch of Constantinople in succession to Sisinnius.
		On arriving at constantinople he came to the conslusion that the very different theology which he found rife there was a form of Arian or Apollinarian error.
		The Anathematisms were at once attacked, on behalf of John, Patriarch of Antioch, in defence of the Antiochene School, by Andrew of Samosata and the great Theodoret of Cyrus.
	www.traditionalcatholic.net /Tradition/Encyclopedia/Nestorianism.html (5260 words)

	Popes & Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, etc.
		the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Armenia, and the East; Archbishops of Canterbury and Prince Archbishops of Mainz, Trier, Cologne, and Salzburg
		The Patriarchate of Armenia was thus regarded by the Roman Church as heterodox.
		Similarly heterodox was the Patriarchate of the East, seated at the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon, which had not accepted the decision of the Third Ecumenical Council.
	www.friesian.com /popes.htm (9005 words)

	Eastern Patriarchates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Treaty of Devol between Antioch and the Byzantine Empire restored the Greek patriarch, though it was never enforced and the Greek patriarch continued to be resident at Constantinople.
		A Latin Patriarch continued to be appointed until the capture of the city by the Mamluks in 1268.
		Patriarch Mar Shimun IV Bassidi ruled that his office would only pass to members of his own family (to a nephew, since the Patriarch was celibate).
	www.hostkingdom.net /orthodox.html (1948 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Auf dem Tod von Sisinnius, perplexed Patriarch von Constantinople (Dezember 427), Theodosius II., durch die verschiedenen Ansprüche des lokalen Klerus, ernannt disinguished Prediger von Antioch zum freien sehen.
		Das consecration fand auf dem abgeneigten von April 428 und dann, fast sofort danach, in was gesagt wird, sein erster patriarchal Sermon gewesen zu sein, Nestorius exhorted den Kaiser in den berühmten Wörtern "bereinigen mich, 0 Caesar, die Masse von heretics statt, und I in der Rückkehr gibt theehimmel.
		In einem Synod, der in 430 traf, entschied er zugunsten des Epithetons ' in Alexandria den Mystiker und allegorische Tendenz herschte vor, bei Antioch das praktische und das historisch, und diese Tendenzen zeigten sich in den unterschiedlichen Methoden der Studie, des exegesis und der Darstellung der Lehre.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=47898&locale=de (2077 words)

	I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A THING AS A CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH !!!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1947 he became Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Exarch for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, Egypt and all Africa in the U.S.A. Archbishop +Christopher (Contogeorge) with Albanian Metropolitan +Theophanies (Noli) on August 25, 1934 at the Church of St. John the Baptist in New York City consecrated Archbishop +Arsenios (Saltas).
		Archbishop +Nicholas (Kedroffsky) with Archbishop +Arsenios (Saltas) and Archbishop +Benjamin (Fedchenkoff) of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1935 at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in New York City consecrated Bishop+Joseph (Klymowycz) of Springfield, Massachusetts for the Russian Jurisdiction.
		Archbishop +Christopher (Contogeorge) with Archbishop +Arsenios (Saltas) consecrated Archbishop +Konstantin (Jaroshevich) in 1949 for the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
	www.celticorthodoxchurch.us /history (4071 words)

	The Life and Christology of Nestorius of Constantinople (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sisinnius, the bishop of Constantinople, died in 428, leaving the most important see in the Eastern Empire vacant.
		From the time of the Council of Constantinople, the bishop of that city claimed a status that was rival to that of the Bishop of Rome.
		Theodosius II agreed, but once they met in Chalcedon, Cyril gained the favor of the emperor quickly, resulting in the emperor upholding the ruling of the council that Cyril called, which is held as the true council of Ephesus, with the result that Nestorius was condemned for his words and actions.
	www.southwoodsbc.org /resources/articles/nestorius.htm (3877 words)

	The Bibliotheca or Myriobiblion of PHOTIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patriarch of Constantinople (428-431), deprived of his office by the council of Ephesus on account of his heresy.
		Patriarch of Alexandria, the father of orthodoxy and the chief opponent of Arianism.
		Philip was a contemporary of Sisinnius and Proclus, patriarchs of Constantinople.
	www.vitaphone.org /history/photius.html (14137 words)

	Nestorius - Phantis
		451) was Patriarch of Constantinople from April 10, 428 to June 22, 431.
		The theological debate centered on the use of the title of "mother of God" (Theotokos) for the Virgin Mary, which Nestorius did not recognize, preferring in his sermons, "mother of Christ" (Christotokos), on the grounds that the former title compromised Jesus' divinity.
		The Emperor Theodosius II (401–450) was eventually induced to convoke a general church council, sited at Ephesus, which was a special seat for the veneration of Mary, where the theotokos formula was popular.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Nestorius (466 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Chapter 47
		From the holy confessors in their prison of Constantinople, he received the powers of bishop of Edessa and apostle of the East, and the ordination of fourscore thousand bishops, priests, and deacons, is derived from the same inexhaustible source.
		Under the patriarch and the maphrian, one hundred and fifty archbishops and bishops have been counted in the different ages of the Jacobite church; but the order of the hierarchy is relaxed or dissolved, and the greater part of their dioceses is confined to the neighborhood of the Euphrates and the Tigris.
		Their domestic governors are chosen among the ancient nobility: the patriarch, in his monastery of Canobin, still fancies himself on the throne of Antioch: nine bishops compose his synod, and one hundred and fifty priests, who retain the liberty of marriage, are intrusted with the care of one hundred thousand souls.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap47.htm (17894 words)

	Wikinfo \| Nestorius
		451) was Patriarch of Constantinople (April 10, 428 - June 22, 431).
		His views were condemned by Cyril, bishop of Alexandria and the Council of Ephesus (431), who deposed him and labelled him a heretic.
		In the following months, seventeen bishops who supported his doctrine were removed from their sees, and his principal supporter, John, patriarch of Antioch succumbed to Imperial pressure around March, 433 and abandoned Nestorius.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Nestorius (310 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 420s - Calendar Encyclopedia
		April 10 - Nestorius is made Patriarch of Constantinople.
		Domnus II, future Patriarch of Antioch, is ordained as a deacon.
		The East Roman Emperor Theodosius II orders all funds raised by Jews to support schools be turned over to his treasury.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /420s.htm (373 words)

	Nestorius Biography \| eorl_10_package.xml
		When the clergy of the capital city of Constantinople could not agree on a replacement for the patriarch Sisinnius, the emperor invited Nestorius to accept the post.
		Cyril of Alexandria, the ambitious patriarch of a rival see and the exponent of the theological ideas behind the concept of theotokos, obtained copies of Nestorius's sermons and initiated proceedings against him.
		Nestorius was deposed, and in 436, after spending several years in a monastery in Constantinople, he was exiled to Egypt, where he remained for the rest of his life.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/nestorius-eorl-10 (425 words)

	NESTORIUS (d. c. 451) - Online Information article about NESTORIUS (d. c. 451) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Constantinople from 428 to 431, was a native of Germanicia at the See also:
		Mark and that of Constantinople, found a determined and unscrupulous exponent, did not fail to make use of the opportunity.
		execution of this decision to the patriarch of Alexandria.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NAN_NEW/NESTORIUS_d_c_451_.html (4104 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Fourth Council of Constantinople
		Documents of the Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-870 A.D.), preceeded by a brief history of the council.
		Emperor Basil I and the patriarch Ignatius, after being restored to his see of Constantinople, asked Pope Nicholas I to call a council to decide about the bishops and priests who had been ordained by Photius.
		In the same way we decree that bishops may have recourse to the patriarch, their head, if they complain that they have suffered similar things from their metropolitan, so that the business in question may receive a just and right decision from their patriarch and the metropolitans under him.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5338 (6593 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter47)
		Constantinople and the suburbs were sanctified with frequent monasteries, and the holy abbots, Dalmatius and Eutyches,
		But while Justinian strove to maintain the uniformity of faith and worship, his wife Theodora, whose vices were not incompatible with devotion, had listened to the Monophysite teachers; and the open or clandestine enemies of the church revived and multiplied at the smile of their gracious patroness.
		The synods of Rome were confirmed by the sixth general council of Constantinople, in the palace and the presence of a new Constantine, a descendant of Heraclius.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter47.html (18304 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fourth Council of Constantinople : 869-870 CONTENTS * Definition * Canons INTRODUCTION This council, designated as the eighth ecumenical council by western canonists, is not found in any canonical collections of the Byzantines; its acts and canons are completely ignored by them.
		This applies in the first place to the most holy pope of old Rome, secondly to the patriarch of Constantinople, and then to the patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem.
		He should examine the case himself, with the help of other bishops, so as either to confirm the deposition of the cleric beyond all doubt, or to quash it by means of a general synod and the judgment of many persons.
	library.catholic.org /councils/councils10.txt (6426 words)

	Nestorius - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was Patriarch of Constantinople for three years and is most famous for his position during the Christological controversies in which he is considered the originator of the heresy known as Nestorianism.
		His chief antagonist during the Christological debates was Cyril of Alexandria, the Patriarch of Alexandria.
		He was a hieromonk at the monastery of Euprepius when Emperor Theodosius II chose him to be Patriarch of Constantinople, being consecrated April 10, 428.
	orthodoxwiki.org /index.php?title=Nestorius&printable=yes (632 words)

	Nestorius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nestorius (c.386 - c.451) was Patriarch of Constantinople (April 10, 428 - June 22, 431).
		Nestorius is considered to be the originator of the Christology heresy known as Nestorianism, which emerged when he began preaching against the new title Theotokos or Mother of God, beginning to be used of the Virgin Mary.
		The Emperor Theodosius II (401-450), was eventually induced to convoke a general church council, sited at Ephesus, which was a special seat for the veneration of Mary, where the theotokos formula was popular.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Assyrian-Church-of-the-East/Nestorius.html (497 words)

	Adrian II Constantinople-4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		So, if any bishop or metropolitan, contrary to this directive of ours, confiscates any property from anyone, thinking he is protecting his own church, let him be suspended by his patriarch for a time, having first restored what he took away.
		Therefore we declare that no secular powers should treat with disrespect any of those who hold the office of patriarch or seek to move them from their high positions, but rather they should esteem them as worthy of all honour and reverence.
		Furthermore, if a universal synod is held and any question or controversy arises about the holy church of Rome, it should make inquiries with proper reverence and respect about the question raised and should find a profitable solution; it must on no account pronounce sentence rashly against the supreme pontiffs of old Rome.
	userweb.suscom.net /~jphigham/tanner/constantinople-4.htm (6561 words)

	Saints of May 29
		He ordained Sisinnius a deacon, Martyrius a lector, and Alexander a porter, and sent them on their way to preach in the Alps.
		Theodosia, a nun of Constantinople, lived in Constantinople in the mid-8th century when the emperor was destroying all the images of Jesus, his mother, and the saints.
		Not content with this, Theodosia led a group of women to stone the palace of the heretic patriarch of Constantinople, who was supporting the destruction of icons.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0529.htm (2737 words)

	All Empires History Forum: Amalfi
		There is also some information recorded about their presence in Alexandria and in the cities along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
		Perhaps it was the same Leo who, in 1048-49 in Constantinople, commissioned the Latin translations of the Greek Barlaam and Josaphat novel, the legend of Buddha in Christian guise; this work was the second novel translated from Greek during the Middle Ages, the first having been the adventures of Alexander, translated by Leo the archpriest.
		Walter Berschin: From the Middle of the Eleven Century to the Latin Conquest of Constantinople.
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3020 (1217 words)

	THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF SOZOMEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chapter VII.-High Priests of Rome and of Constantinople; Restoration of Paul After Eusebius; The Slaughter of Hermogenes, a General of the Army; Constantius Came from Antioch and Removed Paul, and Was Wrathfully Disposed Toward the City; He Allowed Macedonius to Be in Doubt, and Returned to Antioch.
		The patriarch's self-support and industry were in like manner the object of his youthful admiration.
		22);-the house of prayer begun by Chrysostom and completed by Sisinnius, containing the tomb of the martyred Notaries; this was outside the walls, in a spot previously devoted to the execution of criminals, and an object of dread, because of frequenting ghosts (iv.
	www.vitaphone.org /history/sozomen.html (16100 words)

	John, Bishop of Nikiu: Chronicle. London (1916). English Translation
		the lightnings on Constantinople, and the fire flamed from sea to sea: and the conversion of the heathen philosopher Isocasius to the orthodox faith.
		And concerning the reign of the emperor Zenon over the imperial city of Constantinople, and the banishment of Basiliscus for life, and the death which was inflicted on the judges because of their negligence in the administration of justice.
		Concerning the return of Abba Benjamin the patriarch of Egypt from his exile in the city of Rîf (where he had been) fourteen years, and of these (he had been there) ten years because the Roman emperors had exiled him, and four under the dominion of the Moslem.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /fathers/nikiu2_chronicle.htm?kbw_ID=84111513 (22299 words)

	J. B. Bury: History of the Later Roman Empire • Vol. I Chap. XI
		The headquarters of unchristian doctrine, the university of Athens, was held in high esteem by Constantine and Constans,91 and it continued throughout the fifth century unmolested as the home of a philosophy which was the most danger rival of Christian theology.
		A.D. Sabas was appointed archimandrite of all the lauras, and Theodosius of all the coenobia, in the diocese of Jerusalem by the Patriarch Sallust (
		The history of monasticism at Constantinople begins with the abbot139 Isaac, a Syrian, who in the reign of Theodosius I founded a convent in the quarter of Psamathia outside the Constantinian Wall.
	penelope.uchicago.edu /Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/BURLAT/11*.html (13011 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)