Council of Seleucia

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4th-century church council Christian synod ecclesiastical council

The Council of Seleucia was a 4th-century ecclesiastical assembly of Eastern bishops that played a key role in the Arian controversy within the early Christian Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Seleucia canonical	4
Council of Seleucia (359)	2
Dedication Council of Antioch	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2177608 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Seleucia
Context triple: [Constantius II, convenedCouncil, Council of Seleucia]

A. Council of Hieria
The Council of Hieria was an eighth-century Byzantine church council convened by iconoclast emperors that supported the rejection of religious images and was later denounced as heretical.
B. Council of Alexandria (AD 362)
The Council of Alexandria (AD 362) was a significant early Christian synod convened under Athanasius of Alexandria to address Arianism and other theological disputes within the Church.
C. Council of Ephesus
The Council of Ephesus was a major 5th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that condemned Nestorianism and affirmed the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer).
D. Nicaea
Nicaea was an ancient Greek city in northwestern Asia Minor, historically significant as a major political and religious center of the Byzantine Empire.
E. Council of Rome (382)
The Council of Rome (382) was a synod convened by Pope Damasus I that played a key role in defining the Christian biblical canon and shaping the development of the Latin Vulgate.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of Seleucia
Target entity description: The Council of Seleucia was a 4th-century ecclesiastical assembly of Eastern bishops that played a key role in the Arian controversy within the early Christian Church.

A. Council of Hieria
The Council of Hieria was an eighth-century Byzantine church council convened by iconoclast emperors that supported the rejection of religious images and was later denounced as heretical.
B. Council of Alexandria (AD 362)
The Council of Alexandria (AD 362) was a significant early Christian synod convened under Athanasius of Alexandria to address Arianism and other theological disputes within the Church.
C. Council of Ephesus
The Council of Ephesus was a major 5th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that condemned Nestorianism and affirmed the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer).
D. Nicaea
Nicaea was an ancient Greek city in northwestern Asia Minor, historically significant as a major political and religious center of the Byzantine Empire.
E. Council of Rome (382)
The Council of Rome (382) was a synod convened by Pope Damasus I that played a key role in defining the Christian biblical canon and shaping the development of the Latin Vulgate.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century church council ⓘ Christian synod ⓘ ecclesiastical council ⓘ
approvedCreed	Homoiousian-leaning formula ⓘ
attendedBy	Anomoean bishops ⓘ Arian bishops ⓘ Eastern bishops ⓘ Homoiousian bishops ⓘ
category	4th-century Christian councils ⓘ Arianism ⓘ History of early Christianity ⓘ
church	Eastern Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Church
conflict	Arianism vs. Nicene orthodoxy ⓘ
convenedBy	Constantius II ⓘ
countryAtTime	Roman Empire ⓘ
date	359 ⓘ
denomination	early Catholic Church ⓘ
followedBy	Council of Constantinople of 360 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to later imperial settlement at Constantinople 360 ⓘ illustrated deep divisions among Eastern bishops ⓘ key event in consolidation of semi-Arian positions ⓘ
issue	homoousios vs. homoiousios terminology ⓘ
languageOfWork	Greek ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
location	Seleucia-on-the-Tigris ⓘ surface form: Seleucia Seleucia in Isauria ⓘ
mainTopic	Christology ⓘ Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ relationship between Father and Son ⓘ
numberOfBishops	about 150 ⓘ
opposedBy	Nicene party ⓘ
partOf	Arian controversy ⓘ
politicalContext	imperial intervention in church doctrine ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Acacius of Caesarea ⓘ
relatedTo	Council of Constantinople of 360 ⓘ surface form: Council of Constantinople (360) First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Council of Nicaea Council of Rimini ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
result	condemnation of several pro-Nicene bishops ⓘ deposition of some bishops opposed to the Arian-leaning majority ⓘ rejection of the Nicene term homoousios by the majority ⓘ
significantFigure	Acacius of Caesarea ⓘ Basil of Ancyra ⓘ Eleusius of Cyzicus ⓘ Eudoxius of Antioch ⓘ George of Laodicea ⓘ
temporalLocation	4th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Constantius II → convenedCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Council of Rimini → relatedEvent → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Council of Antioch → alsoKnownAs → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Antioch (341)

this entity surface form: Dedication Council of Antioch

Acacius of Caesarea → participatedIn → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Seleucia (359)

Eudoxius of Antioch → supportedCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Semi-Arianism → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Seleucia ⓘ

Arian controversy → significantEvent → Council of Seleucia ⓘ