Second Council of Dvin

Second Council of Dvin
Date554
Accepted byArmenian Apostolic Church
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Convoked byNerses II of Bagrevand
LocationDvin
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The Second Council of Dvin was a church Synod or ecumenical Council held in 554 in the city of Dvin (then in Sasanian Armenia).[1][2][3]

The Second Council of Dvin was called by Catholicos Nerses II of Bagrevand,[4] and the bishops declined to accept the canons of Chalcedon. This was significant as it was the moment where the Armenian church declined to accept the dyophysite formula that had been adopted by the majority of Christendom at the Council of Chalcedon. This decision was made because of the Armenians' observation that the decrees of Chalcedon had caused the doctrine of Nestorius to spread.

  1. ^ Armenia: The marzpans, at Britannica.
  2. ^ H.H. Karekin I's Council of Chalcedon and the Armenian Church (Karekin Sarkissian, 2006).
  3. ^ Kettenhofen, Erich (1996). "DVIN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 6. pp. 616–619.
  4. ^ Augustine Casiday, The Orthodox Christian World (Routledge, 21 Aug 2012) page 47-48.