Lo Pseudo Dionigi Aeropagita: dalla Hierarchia alla Theologia

Convened by emperor Justinian (527-565) in 532 was held in Constantinople a meetingbetween neocalcedonians and monophysite bishops to agree on the christological disputes thatcontinued to rage in the big cities of the East. In fact, in the first half of the V century, Eutyches,the archimandrite of Constantinople monastery was professing the unique and divine nature ofChrist after the incarnation. This doctrine affected the real humanity assumed by God throughHis Son at the moment of the Incarnation for the orthodox theologians. This doctrine was defined'Monophysitism ' and was condemned as heretical by the Council of Chalcedon (451).Despite the council, the fracture remained unfixable and was made up in two parties: theso-called 'Chalcedonian' (Orthodox and 'duofisits') who adopted the complete doctrine of thedual nature of Christ decided by the council, and the 'Monophysites' or anticalcedonians, whocontinued to support the doctrines of Eutyches . This second faction was present mainly in theeastern cities which Antioch was the center among and whose charismatic leaderr was bishopSeverus.In Constantinople, the center of political and religious power, the emperors who expressedinterest in theological disputes were very high. To summarize, after the Council of Chalcedon theemperor Zeno (425-491) issued the so-called Henotikon (482) , conciliation tool' made toappease Monophysites and orthodoxes factions. This was not enough. This slight line wasovertaken by the emperor Justin I ( 518-527 ), who repealed Henotikon ( in 519, by theexcommunication of Patriarch Acacius, who had planned it) and especially by his nephew andsuccessor Justinian (527-565) , who called the meeting, which just go down in history as Collatiocum Severianis (532).Before the meeting, the Monophysite bishops, who gathered around the figure of Severusof Antioch, anticipated their reasons to the Emperor in a letter, putting their faith in the uniquedivine nature of Christ relying on the testimony of Dionysius the Areopagite . Therepresentatives of the opposing faction accused them of being Apollinarists and, through thespeech of their leader Hypatius of Ephesus, questioned the veracity of this source as well. .. [edited by Author]