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Topic: Oak, Synod of the

Oak, Synod of the

Years: 403 - 403

The Synod of the Oak is a provincial synod, held in Constantinople in July of 403, which condemns and deposes John Chrysostom as Patriarch of Constantinople.The synod is widely seen as politically motivated, being the result of a conspiracy by a number of Chrysostom's opponents, including the Empress Eudoxia and Pope Theophilus of Alexandria.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)