Quinisext Council | |
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Date | 692 |
Accepted by | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Previous council | Third Council of Constantinople |
Next council | Second Council of Nicaea |
Convoked by | Emperor Justinian II |
President | Justinian II |
Topics | Discipline |
Documents and statements | Basis for Eastern Orthodox canon law |
Chronological list of ecumenical councils |
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Overview |
The Quinisext Council (Latin: Concilium Quinisextum; Koinē Greek: Πενθέκτη Σύνοδος, romanized: Penthékti Sýnodos), i.e., the Fifth-Sixth Council, often called the Council in Trullo, Trullan Council, or the Penthekte Synod, was a church council held in 692 at Constantinople under Justinian II.
The synod is known as the "Council in Trullo" because, like the Sixth Ecumenical Council, it was held in a domed hall in the Imperial Palace (τρούλος [troúlos], meaning a cup or dome). Both the Fifth and the Sixth Ecumenical Councils had omitted to draw up disciplinary canons, and as this council was intended to complete both in this respect, it took the name of Quinisext.