Pope Pelagius I
Pope · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 505 to 561 · aged 56
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Something wrong?A papal tenure born from imperial favor nobody wanted. Pelagius I took the throne in 556 as Justinian's handpicked man - then reversed his own theological stance to match the emperor's, cementing a papacy defined by compromise and cold reception.
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, It has never been permitted, nor will it ever be permitted, for a particular synod to be convened to judge a general council. **from the letter Relegentes autem, 447.
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Pelagius served as apocrisiarius to Constantinople before his election on 16 April 556, a choice imposed by Emperor Justinian I that the Western Church met with suspicion. He had publicly opposed Justinian's campaign to condemn the "Three Chapters," a theological maneuver meant to bridge doctrinal divides, but shifted course once in office and adopted the emperor's line. The contradiction shadowed his five-year reign. He died 3 March 561, a pope who had bent where he once stood firm.
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