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Date September 359
Location Seleucia in Isauria (modern-day south-central Turkey)
Summoned by
 Constantius II
Chaired by Leonas (a civil official) and Lauricius (a military officer)
Number of Participants
 c. 160
Key Participants

 Eleusius of Cyzicus; Silvanus of Tarsus; Acacius of Caesarea
Purpose Constantius’ effort to achieve compromise between the pro and anti-Nicene bishops
Key Events
 The leaders of the pro-Nicene party imposed the creed of Antioch of 341 and rejected a compromise put forward by Acacius of Caesarea; supporters of the latter compromise were deposed.
Ancient Descriptions
 Hilary Contra Constantium; Hilary Coll. Antiar B 7.1; Athanasius De Synodis 12.1-4; Socrates HE 2.39, 40; Sozomen HE 4.22; Philostorgius HE 4.2; Theodoret HE 2.22 (NCPNF)

Bibliography

M. Simonetti, “Council of Seleucia in Isauria”  in The Encyclopedia of the Early Church, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992).

R.P.C. Hanson, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God, (New York: T&T Clark, 1988).

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