First Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Constantinople was called by
Theodosius I in 381 to confirm the Nicene creed
and deal with other matters of
Meletius of Antioch, Gregory Nazianzen,
and Nectarius successively presided. Gregory
Nazianzen was made patriarch, but soon resigned,
and Nectarius was then put in his place.
Seven
canons, four doctrinal and three disciplinary, are
attributed to the council and accepted by the
Greek Church, but the Roman Church accepts only
the first four.