Henotikon

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Henotikon was a 5th-century Christological edict issued by Byzantine Emperor Zeno in an attempt to reconcile Chalcedonian and Miaphysite factions within the Eastern Christian Church.

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Henotikon canonical 10

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine religious document ⓘ
Christological edict ⓘ
imperial decree ⓘ
acceptedBy Miaphysite-leaning hierarchs in the East ⓘ
many Eastern bishops ⓘ
addressedTo bishops of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
patriarchs of the Eastern Church ⓘ
aim reconcile Chalcedonian and Miaphysite factions ⓘ
restore ecclesiastical unity in the Eastern Church ⓘ
author Zeno ⓘ
century 5th century ⓘ
christologicalPosition emphasized unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
rejected both Nestorianism and Eutychianism ⓘ
concernsCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
consequence schism between Eastern and Western Churches ⓘ
controversy Acacian schism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
criticizedFor ambiguity on the Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
attempted theological compromise ⓘ
dateIssued 482 ⓘ
denominationContext Eastern Christianity ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus non-accepted in the West ⓘ
partially accepted in the East ⓘ
endorsedCreed Creed of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Nicene Creed

Nicene Creed ⓘ
endorsedFormula Twelve Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Byzantine studies ⓘ
church history ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ
followedBy Acacian schism settlement under Emperor Justin I ⓘ
historicalPeriod reign of Zeno ⓘ
issuedBy Byzantine Emperor Zeno ⓘ
issuerTitle Byzantine emperor ⓘ
keyRecipient Peter Mongus ⓘ
keyRecipientRole Patriarch of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Pope of Alexandria
language Greek ⓘ
opposedBy Pope Felix III ⓘ
Roman See ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Rome
placeOfIssue Constantinople ⓘ
positionOnCouncilOfChalcedon accepted doctrinal core but avoided explicit mention of the council ⓘ
rejectedDoctrine Eutychianism ⓘ
linked to: Miaphysitism

Nestorianism ⓘ
relatedCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
relatedDocument Tome of Leo ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalContext Christology ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeno → issuedDocument → Henotikon ⓘ
subject linked to: Eastern Roman emperor Zeno
Tarasicodissa Zeno → notableWork → Henotikon ⓘ
Zeno Isaurian → notableWork → Henotikon ⓘ
Zeno Isaurian → issued → Henotikon ⓘ
Zeno → issued → Henotikon ⓘ
Enkyklikon → relatedDocument → Henotikon ⓘ
Peter Mongus → supportedDocument → Henotikon ⓘ
Acacian schism → mainSubject → Henotikon ⓘ
Pope Hormisdas → opposedDoctrine → Henotikon ⓘ