Acacius | patriarch of Constantinople | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• role in Acacian Schism
  • In Acacian Schism
    …an edict by Byzantine patriarch Acacius that was deemed inadmissible by Pope Felix III.
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conflict with

• Felix III
  • In Saint Felix III
    Felix excommunicated Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, in 484 for publishing with the emperor Zeno a document called the Henotikon, which appeared to favour Monophysitism, a doctrine that had been denounced at the Council of Chalcedon (451). The excommunication created the 35-year Acacian Schism. Felix’ Lateran Council of…
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• Simplicius
  • In Saint Simplicius
    Acacius, the bishop of Constantinople, who had previously sided with the papacy in defense of Chalcedonian orthodoxy, now abandoned Simplicius and subscribed to the Henotikon, but his action caused a schism (the Acacian Schism) with Rome. Simplicius remained steadfast in upholding Chalcedonian orthodoxy and opposing…
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