V Ecumenical Council

Definition

The dispute occasioned by Justinian’s condemnation of certain Theodore of Mopsuestia-related texts, treated as the route to the V Ecumenical Council and to the fragmentation of the Monophysites into separate movements.

Episodes

  • The Three-Chapter Controversy

Biblical References

  • Matthew 16:18 — *And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. *