January
511-517 A.D. Timothy
1—Constantinople’s 51st;
Requires Nicene Creed to be Said Every Service
Timothy I of Constantinople
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Timothy
I or Timotheus
I (died 517) was a Christian priest who
was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by
the Byzantine emperor Anastasius I in
511.[1]
Early career
Timothy was Christian priest and
keeper of the ornaments of the cathedral. Two liturgical innovations
are attributed to him, the prayers on Good Friday at the
church of the Virgin and the recital of the Nicene Creed at
every service, although the last is also ascribed to Peter the Fuller. The
British historian F. H. Blackburne Daniel considered him to be a man of bad
character, as Timothy allegedly adopted the Non-Chalcedonian doctrines
out of ambition rather than conviction.[1]
Patriarch of
Constantinople
He sent circular letters to
all the bishops, which he requested them to subscribe and assent to the
deposition of Macedonius. Some
assented to both, others neither, while others subscribed to the letters but
refused to assent to the deposition. Certain Non-Chalcedonians, such as John Niciota, Patriarch of Alexandria, whose name
he had inserted in thediptychs, at first
stood aloof from him, because, though he accepted the Henotikon, he did not
reject the Council of Chalcedon, and for the same
reason Flavian II of Antioch andElias of Jerusalem at first communicated
with him.[1]
Timothy was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by
the Roman Emperor Anastasius I in
511, the day after Macedonius was deposed as patriarch.[1]
When Severus of Antioch became Patriarch of Antioch, he assembled a synod which
condemned that council, after which act Severus communicated with him. Timothy
sent the decrees of his synod to Jerusalem, where
Elias refused to receive them. Timothy then incited Anastasius to depose him.[2] He
also induced the emperor to persecute the clergy, monks, and laity who adhered
to Macedonius, many of whom were banished to the Oasis in the Thebaid. His
emissaries to Alexandria anathematized from the pulpit the council of
Chalcedon. Within a year of his accession Timothy directed that the Ter
Sanctus should be recited with the addition of "Who was crucified
for us", which led to disturbances in two churches, in which many were
slain over November 4 and 5, and to a terrible riot the following day which
nearly caused the deposition of the Emperor Anastasius.[1]
Timothy died on 5 April 517.[1]
References
Attribution
This
article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Daniel, F. H.
Blackburne (1911). "Timotheus, patriarch of
Constantinople". In Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C. Dictionary of Christian
Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (third ed.).
London: John Murray. cites- Victor of Tonnenna, Chronicle
- Marcellinus Comes, Chronicle
- Theodoret, Orations ii. 28, 29, 30, 32, 33
- Evagrius Scholasticus iii. 33
- Theophanes, Chronicle
- Tillemont, Mém. eccl. xvi. 691, 698, 728.
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Preceded by
Macedonius II |
Patriarch of Constantinople
511–518 |
Succeeded by
John II of Cappadocia |
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