COUNCIL OF PHILIPPOPOLIS

The 'Council of Philippopolis' in 343, 344, or 347 was a result of Arian bishops from the Eastern Roman Empire leaving the Council of Sardica to form their own counter council. In Philippopolis, they anathemized the term ''homoousios'', in effect excommunicating Pope Julius I as well as their rivals at the Council in Sardica, and introduced the term Anomoian. As a result, the Arian controversy was perpetuated, rather that resolved, as was the original intention of the Roman emperors Constans and Constantius along with Pope Julius who called the Council of Sardica.

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★ Sacred Texts, Early Church Fathers - Chapter XX Of the Council at Sardica