nnoun.locationthe largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox ChurchSynset:Constantinople Istanbul Stamboul Stambul
Part Holonyms:Republic of Turkey Turkey
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Part Meronyms:Bosporus Bridge Chalcedon Kadikoy Hagia Sofia Hagia Sophia Santa Sofia Santa Sophia
nnoun.groupthe council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churchesSynset:Constantinople Fourth Council of Constantinople
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nnoun.groupthe sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and humanSynset:Constantinople Third Council of Constantinople
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nnoun.groupthe fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be hereticSynset:Constantinople Second Council of Constantinople
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nnoun.groupthe second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene CreedSynset:Constantinople First Council of Constantinople
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