Fifth Council of Constantinople

The Fifth Council of Constantinople was actually a series of councils held between 1341 and 1351.

The Fifth Council of Constantinople of 1341.

Fifth Council of Constantinople, the Ninth Ecumenical Council for the Orthodox, concerning Hesychasm, in 1341-1351.

Fifth Council of Constantinople (1341-1351) affirmed hesychastic theology according to Gregory Palamas and condemned Barlaam of Seminara.

Collectively, these councils are accepted as having ecumenical status by Orthodox Christians, some of whom call them the Fifth Council of Constantinople and the Ninth Ecumenical Council.

The dispute grew until in 1341, emperor Andronikos III, a supporter of Gregory Palamas, convened the Fifth Council of Constantinople at which Patr.

Orthodox thinking differs on whether the Fourth and Fifth Councils of Constantinople were properly Ecumenical Councils, but the majority view is that they were merely influential rather than dogmatic and therefore not binding.

Fifth Council of Constantinople is a name given by some to the Quinisext Council of 692, and by others to a series of six patriarchal councils held in the Byzantine capital Constantinople between 1341 and 1351 to deal with a dispute concerning the mystical doctrine of Hesychasm.