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The Council was convoked by the [[Catholicos]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] [[Babgen I Umtsetsi]].<ref name="Casiday2012">{{cite book|author=Augustine Casiday|title=The Orthodox Christian World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IcDeFiZgxK0C&pg=PA47|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-31484-1|page=47}}</ref> Besides the Armenians, delegates from the [[Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian]] and [[Church of Caucasian Albania|Albanian]] churches were present.<ref name=Grdzelidze2011">{{cite book|last=Grdzelidze|first=Tamara|editor=John Anthony McGuckin|title=The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JmFetR5Wqd8C&pg=PA264|accessdate=13 May 2012|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-8539-4|page=267|chapter="Georgia, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of"|ref=harv}}</ref> According to the ''Book of Epistles'', 20 bishops, 14 laymen, and many [[Nakharar]]s (princes) attended the council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armenianchurch.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=4094&pid=59&lng=en |title=Armenian Church Councils |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=www.armenianchurch.org |publisher=Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |accessdate=2014-12-01}}</ref> |
The Council was convoked by the [[Catholicos]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] [[Babgen I Umtsetsi]].<ref name="Casiday2012">{{cite book|author=Augustine Casiday|title=The Orthodox Christian World|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IcDeFiZgxK0C&pg=PA47|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-31484-1|page=47}}</ref> Besides the Armenians, delegates from the [[Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian]] and [[Church of Caucasian Albania|Albanian]] churches were present.<ref name=Grdzelidze2011">{{cite book|last=Grdzelidze|first=Tamara|editor=John Anthony McGuckin|title=The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JmFetR5Wqd8C&pg=PA264|accessdate=13 May 2012|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-8539-4|page=267|chapter="Georgia, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of"|ref=harv}}</ref> According to the ''Book of Epistles'', 20 bishops, 14 laymen, and many [[Nakharar]]s (princes) attended the council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armenianchurch.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=4094&pid=59&lng=en |title=Armenian Church Councils |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=www.armenianchurch.org |publisher=Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |accessdate=2014-12-01}}</ref> |
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The Armenian Church had not accepted the conclusions of the Council of Chalcedon, which had defined that Christ is 'acknowledged in two natures', thus condemning [[monophysitism]] and [[miaphysitism]], which insisted on the unification of human and divine natures into Christ. This was the doctrine of the Armenian Church among others. The Henotikon, Emperor Zeno's attempt at conciliation, was published in 482. It reminded bishops of the condemnation of [[nestorianism|Nestorian]] doctrine, which emphasized the human nature of Christ, and did not mention the Chalcedonian diaphysitic creed. The First Council of Dvin was thus able to accept the Henotikon and keep open a possibility of conciliation with the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]] while remaining steady in its christological doctrine. <ref name="Adalian2010">{{cite book|author=Rouben Paul Adalian|title=Historical Dictionary of Armenia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QS-vSjHObOYC&pg=PA286|date=13 May 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7450-3|page=286}}</ref> |
The Armenian Church had not accepted the conclusions of the Council of Chalcedon, which had defined that Christ is 'acknowledged in two natures', thus condemning [[monophysitism]] and [[miaphysitism]], which insisted on the unification of human and divine natures into Christ. This was the doctrine of the Armenian Church among others. The Henotikon, Emperor Zeno's attempt at conciliation, was published in 482. It reminded bishops of the condemnation of [[nestorianism|Nestorian]] doctrine, which emphasized the human nature of Christ, and did not mention the Chalcedonian diaphysitic creed. The First Council of Dvin was thus able to accept the Henotikon and keep open a possibility of conciliation with the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]] while remaining steady in its christological doctrine. <ref name="Adalian2010">{{cite book|author=Rouben Paul Adalian|title=Historical Dictionary of Armenia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QS-vSjHObOYC&pg=PA286|date=13 May 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7450-3|page=286}}</ref> |
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The Council stopped short of formally rejecting the [[Chalcedonian Definition]] of the dual nature of Christ. Such a step, which formalized the Armenian break from the Roman church, would not take place until the Second Council of Dvin, in 554/555.<ref name="Adalian2010"></ref> |
The Council stopped short of formally rejecting the [[Chalcedonian Definition]] of the dual nature of Christ. Such a step, which formalized the Armenian break from the Roman church, would not take place until the Second Council of Dvin, in 554/555.<ref name="Adalian2010"></ref> |
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Revision as of 14:13, 1 December 2014
The First Council of Dvin was a church council held in 506 in the Armenian city of Dvin. It convened to discuss the Henotikon, a christological document issued by Byzantine emperor Zeno in an attempt to resolve theological disputes that had arisen from the Council of Chalcedon.
The Council was convoked by the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church Babgen I Umtsetsi.[1] Besides the Armenians, delegates from the Georgian and Albanian churches were present.[2] According to the Book of Epistles, 20 bishops, 14 laymen, and many Nakharars (princes) attended the council.[3]
The Armenian Church had not accepted the conclusions of the Council of Chalcedon, which had defined that Christ is 'acknowledged in two natures', thus condemning monophysitism and miaphysitism, which insisted on the unification of human and divine natures into Christ. This was the doctrine of the Armenian Church among others. The Henotikon, Emperor Zeno's attempt at conciliation, was published in 482. It reminded bishops of the condemnation of Nestorian doctrine, which emphasized the human nature of Christ, and did not mention the Chalcedonian diaphysitic creed. The First Council of Dvin was thus able to accept the Henotikon and keep open a possibility of conciliation with the Patriarchate of Constantinople while remaining steady in its christological doctrine. [4]
The Council stopped short of formally rejecting the Chalcedonian Definition of the dual nature of Christ. Such a step, which formalized the Armenian break from the Roman church, would not take place until the Second Council of Dvin, in 554/555.[4]
The Acts of the Council were discovered by Karapet Ter Mkrtchian and published by him in 1901.<ref name="Casiday2012">
References
- ^ Augustine Casiday (21 August 2012). The Orthodox Christian World. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-136-31484-1.
- ^ Grdzelidze, Tamara (2011). ""Georgia, Patriarchal Orthodox Church of"". In John Anthony McGuckin (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4051-8539-4. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Armenian Church Councils". www.armenianchurch.org. Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- ^ a b Rouben Paul Adalian (13 May 2010). Historical Dictionary of Armenia. Scarecrow Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8108-7450-3.