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Sardica, Council of
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One of the many synods held principally to settle the troubles caused by the Arian heresy, probably in 343. Ninety-four Catholic bishops and seventy-six bishops favoring Arianism were present. Failling to reach an agreement, the eastern bishops withdrew and convened at Philippopolis, where they promulgated a new creed and an encyclical, dating it from Sardica (modern Sofia). Several bishops were excommunicated as a result. The Catholic bishops investigated the cases of Athanasius, Marcellus, and Asclepas and pronounced them innocent. Though the council drew up several canons, it failed in its principal object.
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Entry for 'Sardica, Council of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/sardica-council-of.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Sardica, Council of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/s/sardica-council-of.html. 1910.
