Henotikon

The Henoticon ( Greek ἑνωτικόν henōtikón "unification") was an edict issued by the Eastern Roman Emperor Zenon in 482 , which the theological disputes between the Orthodox supporters of the decisions of the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451) and the Monophysites , which were numerous in the Eastern Roman provinces were trying to settle.

The resolutions of Chalcedon were not rejected, but in fact ignored: The definition of true faith in the Henoticon was based on the earlier resolutions of the Councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople (381) and Ephesus (431).

Since the compromise formulas of Henoticon Although reasonably calm the Monophysites could really satisfying but not while simultaneously provoked bitter opposition of the Bishop of Rome, the imperial approach the kingdom failed religiously to one - like all other such attempts during the late antiquity also . Instead, the enactment of the Henotic soon led to the so-called Akakian schism between Rome and Constantinople .

The edict is also reproduced in the church history of Euagrios Scholastikos .

literature

• Günter Prinzing : Henotikon . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 2134.
• Jan-Markus Kötter: Between emperors and apostles. The Akakian Schism (485–519) as an ecclesiastical order conflict of late antiquity. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-515-10389-3 .

Web links

• Henotikon near Euagrios, Church History 3.14 ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Henoticon in the Catholic Encyclopedia