Luke Chrysoberges

Luke Chrysoberges
Church of Constantinople
In office	1157 – November 1169
Predecessor	Constantine IV of Constantinople
Successor	Michael III of Constantinople
Personal details
Died	November 1169

Luke Chrysoberges (

Patriarch of Constantinople

between 1156 and 1169.

Ordained ministry

During Luke's patriarchate, several other major theological controversies occurred. In 1156–1157 the question was raised, whether

Manuel I, convened several meetings of the synod in 1166 to solve the problem, which condemned as heretical the explanations of Demetrius and the laity that followed him.^[3] Those who refused to submit to the synod's decisions had their property confiscated or were exiled.^[g] The political dimensions of this controversy are apparent from the fact that a leading dissenter from the Emperor's doctrine was his nephew Alexios Kontostephanos.^[4]

Other heresies continued to flourish in Byzantine possessions in Europe, including

Monophysites which Luke and his successors had difficulty in suppressing.^[5]

Byzantine mosaic of John Chrysostom (Hagia Sophia) – The controversy of 1156–1157 was about the interpretation of John's liturgy for the Eucharist, "Thou art He who offers and is offered and receives."^[2]

Luke was also involved in a process of the Church trying to extract itself from too close an association with the secular life of the state. In 1115, the patriarch

Manuel I Comnenos was noted for its autocratic style and caesaropapism, and though idiosyncratic, generally made the patriarchate subservient directly to the needs of the state.^[7]

Notes

^ Chrysoberges meaning "golden wand"

References

^ J. H. Kurtz, History of the Christian Church to the Restoration, 265–266
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^ Hussey, pp. 152–153.
^ P. Magdalino, The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 217
^ Hussey, p. 162.
^ Magdalino, p. 306.
^ Magdalino, pp. 308–309.

Sources

Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο
J.M. Hussey. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford: University Press, 1986.
Kurtz, Johann Heinrich (1860). "Dogmatic Controversies, 12th and 14th Centuries". History of the Christian Church to the Reformation. T. & T. Clark.
ISBN 0-521-52653-1
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Preceded by Constantine IV	Patriarch of Constantinople 1156–1169	Succeeded by Michael III

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