Council Of Sardica 343
Definition
The Eastern understanding that councils, not a single see, judge doctrinal disputes; Rome’s reception of excommunicated Eastern clergy and Pope Julius’s claim to render judgment ‘received from the blessed Apostle Peter’ provoked Eastern indignation, as had Pope Victor (c. 190) and Pope Stephen (250s).
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Conciliarity And Primacy
Biblical References
- Colossians 1:15 — * He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, *
- Isaiah 53:8 — *He was led away after an unjust trial— but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded. *
- John 14:28 — You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father because the Father is greater than I am.
- Hebrews 13:4 — *Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. *