Third Council of Constantinople

Third Council of Constantinople
Depiction of the Third Council of Constantinople, Miniature 45 from the Constantine Manasses Chronicle
Date680–681
Accepted by
Previous council
Second Council of Constantinople
Next council
Convoked byEmperor Constantine IV
PresidentPatriarch George I of Constantinople
AttendanceAbout 300; signatories to the documents ranged from 43 (first session) to 174 (last session)
TopicsMonothelitism, the human and divine wills of Jesus
Documents and statements
Condemnation of Monothelitism
Chronological list of ecumenical councils

The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical and defined Jesus Christ as having two energies and two wills (divine and human).

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