Saint Mark of Ephesus

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Saint Mark of Ephesus was a 15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop and theologian renowned for his staunch opposition to the Union of Florence and his defense of Orthodox doctrine against Latin theology.

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Saint Mark of Ephesus canonical 4

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instanceOf 15th-century Christian theologian ⓘ
15th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox bishop ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ
saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mark Eugenikos ⓘ
linked to: Mark Eugenicus

Mark of Ephesus ⓘ
birthPlace Constantinople ⓘ
canonizationStatus recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 15th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
education trained in rhetoric and philosophy in Constantinople ⓘ
feastDay January 19 ⓘ
hasRole leading spokesman of the Orthodox delegation at the Council of Florence ⓘ
honorificTitle Pillar of Orthodoxy ⓘ
influenced Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox polemics against Latin theology ⓘ
later Eastern Orthodox anti-unionist theologians ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legacy regarded as a confessor of the Orthodox faith ⓘ
symbol of resistance to church union with Rome in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
memberOf Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
notableFor defense of Orthodox doctrine against Latin theology ⓘ
opposition to the Union of Florence ⓘ
role at the Council of Florence ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
monk ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
opposed Union of Florence ⓘ
doctrinal compromises with the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
participatedIn Council of Florence ⓘ
positionHeld Metropolitan of Ephesus ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
stanceOnCouncilOfFlorence refused to sign the decree of union ⓘ
supported Eastern Orthodox doctrine ⓘ
theologicalPosition defense of the Orthodox understanding of justification ⓘ
defense of the Orthodox understanding of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
rejection of Latin doctrine of Purgatory ⓘ
rejection of the Filioque clause ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
wroteAbout Filioque ⓘ
Latin theology ⓘ
Purgatory ⓘ
primacy of the Bishop of Rome ⓘ

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

Mark of Ephesus → alsoKnownAs → Saint Mark of Ephesus ⓘ
Pillar of Orthodoxy → associatedWith → Saint Mark of Ephesus ⓘ
Pillar of Orthodoxy → notableBearer → Saint Mark of Ephesus ⓘ
Mark Eugenicus → alsoKnownAs → Saint Mark of Ephesus ⓘ