What was the name of the council Alexios I convened to address heresy?
Council of Blachernae
Council of Nicaea
Council of Chalcedon
Council of Ephesus
Answer
The Council of Blachernae was a council convened by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos in 1094 to address the rise of heresy within the Byzantine Empire. The council was attended by representatives from the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as representatives from the Roman Catholic Church. The council condemned the teachings of the Bogomils, a heretical sect that rejected the authority of the Church and believed in a dualistic cosmology.
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