TheThird Council of Dvin was achurch council held in 607 (or 609-610^[1]) in the city ofDvin (then inSasanian Armenia).

This council (orsynod) was the culmination of a series of post-Chalcedon debates on the nature(s) ofChrist. The schism within theArmenian Church which had erupted as a result of the second Chalcedonian Catholicosate in Armenia (591-610), was mended, and the conclusions of theCouncil of Chalcedon of 451 were explicitly condemned.^[2][3]

The Armenian Orthodox Church concluded that both “monophysitism” and theChalcedonian Definition were to be condemned. Instead the church decided to follow the doctrine ofCyril of Alexandria, who described Christ as being of one incarnate nature, with both divine and human nature being united.^[4]

The synod saw the election of an Armenian,Abraham I of Aghbatan [hy], as Catholicos. Abraham condemned theCouncil of Chalcedon in accordance with the decision of theSecond Council of Dvin.^[5]

By the end of the council, the Armenians were fully opposed to the Christological definition given by theChalcedonian Church. TheGeorgian Orthodox Church decided to join with Constantinople in upholding the Chalcedonian definition of the dual nature of Christ.^[6] This Council established the formal split between the Armenian and Georgian Churches.

Although a rift was established with the Georgian church, the Council led to mending of an internal rift within the Armenian Church itself.^[7]

AFourth Council of Dvin was held in 648 to discuss possible reunification with the Georgian church, but this idea was later rejected.^[8]

The council also established seven canon laws regarding the orthodoxy of bishops. In particular, the laws dealt with the bishops who had deviated from the faith.^[9]

• First Council of Dvin
• Second Council of Dvin
• Fourth Council of Dvin

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