Pope Celestine I
Pope
- Fame61.6
- Momentum3.5
- Religious Figures rank#143
- Fame61.6
- Momentum3.5
- Religious Figures rank#143
- Wikipedia3.8K
ItalyA fifth-century bishop of Rome who spent his decade in office putting out theological fires — delegating the takedown of Nestorius at Ephesus, dispatching bishops to Britain to snuff out Pelagianism, sending the first bishop to the Scots of Ireland.
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Celestine became bishop of Rome in September 422, at roughly sixty-three, and inherited a church splintering over doctrine. When Cyril of Alexandria appealed to him over Nestorius's controversial teachings, Celestine handed Cyril the authority to condemn Nestorius himself if he refused to recant — a move that set the stage for the Council of Ephesus in 431. In 429 he backed the Gallic bishops who sent Germanus of Auxerre to Britain to counter the spread of Pelagianism. Later he commissioned Palladius as bishop to the Scots of Ireland and northern Britain, extending Rome's pastoral reach into r…
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