Constantin cel Nou
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Sfântul şi drept-credinciosul împărat Constantin cel Nou (Constantin al IV-lea) a fost împărat al Imperiului Roman de Răsărit (Bizantin) între anii 668 şi 685. Mai este cunoscut şi sub numele de Constantin Pogonatul (Bărbosul), dar la mijloc este o confuzie, tatăl său, împăratul Constans II având de fapt porecla Pogonatul (Bărbosul).
Biserica Ortodoxă îl comemorează pe Sfântul Constantin cel Nou pe 3 Septembrie.
Viaţa
Constantin era fiul cel mai mare al împăratului Constans al II-lea
Eldest son of Emperor Constans II (also known as "Constantine Pogonatus" or "Constantine the Bearded") and Fausta, he married Anastasia and had two sons, Justinian II (who later succeeded his father) and Heraclius.
He had been named a co-emperor with his father Constans II in 654, and became emperor when Constans was assassinated in 668.
Constantine called the Sixth Ecumenical Council (also known as the Third Council of Constantinople) that met from November of 680 until September of 681. During its 18 sittings, 12 of which were actually led by Constantine himself, the council attempted to bring about a reconciliation between the Western Church in Rome and the Orthodox Church in Constantinople. The council decreed that Christ had both a divine and human will that matched his two natures, reaffirming the doctrines of the Council of Chalcedon in 451. This solved the controversy over monothelitism. The council's actions helped to promote a feeling of unity between the two churches and bring them closer together than they had been in recent years.
He was buried at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
Sources and external links
- Sixth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople III, 680-681 from the Medieval Sourcebook
- Constantine IV from Wikipedia
- Constantine IV (668 -685 A.D.) by R. Scott Moore of Ohio State University
- Anastasia (Wife of Constantine IV) by Lynda Garland of the University of New England, New South Wales
- The Sixth Ecumenical Council from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America website
