Background To The Three-Chapter Controversy
The Three-Chapter Controversy came out of an attempt to reconcile the Non-Chalcedonian (Monophysite) Christians of the Middle East with the Catholic Church. A major part of the attempted compromise was a condemnation of certain works of Eastern Christian writers which soon became known as the Three Chapters. These were seen to be particularly objectionable by the opponents of the Council of Chalcedon and in an attempt to win them to the Council the condemnation was seen as a way of reassuring them.
The condemnation took place as an Imperial Edict around 543, this was accompanied by a Tome from Pope Leo I. There was some resistance in the Greek speaking, eastern part of the Church, although in the end the leading Eastern bishops did agree to condemn it. Those who would not condemn these works were accused of being sympathetic to the heresy of Nestorianism.
There were many problems with the Latin speaking bishops, which was not helped by their sketchy knowledge of Greek.
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