27 September 359 A.D. Council of Seleucia
27 September 359 A.D. Council of Seleucia Council of Seleucia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also: Council of Rimini and First Council of Constantinople (360) not to be confused with the Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon of 410. The Council of Seleucia was an early Christian church synod at Seleucia Isauria (now Silifke , Turkey). In 358, the Roman Emperor Constantius II requested two councils, one of the western bishops at Ariminum and one of the eastern bishops at Nicomedia to resolve the Arian controversy over the nature of the divinity of Jesus Christ, which divided the 4th-century church. [1] An earthquake struck Nicomedia, killing the bishop Cecropius of Nicomedia , among others, and on September 27, 359 the eastern council (of about 160 bishops) met at Seleucia instead. The council was bitterly divided, and procedurally irregular, and the two parties met separately and reached opposing decisions. [2] [3] Basil of Ancyra , Macedonius I...