Chalcedonian Christianity
Christian demoninations that accept the Fourth Ecumenical Council
6 dated entries naming Chalcedonian Christianity, drawn from 6 separate years between 451 CE and 631 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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5th century
- 451The Egyptian people clash with Byzantine soldiers in Alexandria rejecting Proterius of Alexandria as the new Chalcedonian Patriarch. The Egyptian rebels besieged the imperial garrison in the ancient temple of Serapis, and burned them alive. The Byzantine military eventually suppressed the uprising with heavy reinforcements.source
6th century
- 513Anastasius I sends an embassy under the former consul Patricius to start negotiations. Vitalian declares his aims: restoration of Chalcedonian Orthodoxy and the settling of the Thracian foederati.source
- 583King Liuvigild lays siege to Seville (Southern Spain), and forms an alliance with the Byzantines. He summons his rebellious son Hermenegild back to Toledo, and forces him to abandon the Chalcedonian Faith.source
7th century
- 608The Georgian Orthodox Church returns to Chalcedonism (approximate date).source
- 619Byzantine–Sasanian War: The besieged city of Alexandria is captured by the Persians. Nicetas, cousin of Emperor Heraclius, and Chalcedonian patriarch, John V, flee to Cyprus. King Khosrow II extends his rule southwards along the Nile.source
- 631Emperor Heraclius appoints Cyrus, patriarch of Alexandria, with power to act as viceroy (dioikesis) of Egypt. He begins a 10-year persecution against the non-Chalcedonian Coptic Christians.source
Named in the same entries
- Alexandria (2)
- Heraclius (2)
- Byzantine army (1)
- Egyptians (1)
- Cyprus (1)
- Nile (1)
- Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 (1)
- Seville (1)
- Military alliance (1)
- Toledo, Spain (1)
- Byzantine Greeks (1)
- Liuvigild (1)