The Council of Constantinople of 1872 according to its conciliar Acts

This article focuses on the Council of Constantinople of 1872, convened to condemn phyletism, and on the ecclesiological significance of its conciliar Acts. Archimandrite Amphilochios Miltos offers an analytical study based on direct examination of the conciliar sources. The author successively presents the work of the preparatory commission and the three sessions of the Council, highlighting the decisive role of the commission in the doctrinal elaboration. The central idea is that the theology emerging from this council transcends its immediate historical context: its ecclesiological insights anticipate with remarkable lucidity the structural dysfunctions of the Orthodox diasporas in the West during the twentieth century. The contribution of the article lies in demonstrating the necessity of an authentic and updated reception of this council, particularly with a view to the preparation of the future great Pan-Orthodox Council.