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    The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius...
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  • Second Council of Ephesus was a Christological church synod in 449 convened by Emperor Theodosius II under the presidency of Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria...
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  • The Council of Ephesus was an Ecumenical Council that took place in 431 CE. Council of Ephesus may also refer to: The Second Council of Ephesus of 449...
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    website of the terrace houses of Ephesus Coinage of Ephesus The Theatre at Ephesus Photos from Ephesus (2015) This Is What The Ancient Greek City Ephesus Most...
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    in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, the Third Council of Constantinople...
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    best-documented of the first seven ecumenical councils. The principal purpose of the council was to re-assert the teachings of the ecumenical Council of Ephesus against...
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  • include the Council of Jerusalem (c. 50), the Council of Rome (155), the Second Council of Rome (193), the Council of Ephesus (193), the Council of Carthage...
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    person of Theodore of Mopsuestia (died 428), certain writings against Cyril of Alexandria's Twelve Anathemas accepted at the Council of Ephesus, written...
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  • The Third Council of Ephesus was held in the Anatolian city of Ephesus in 475. It was presided over by Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, and also attended...
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  • Nestorianism (category Church of the East)
    teachings were eventually condemned as heretical at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and again at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. His teachings were considered...
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  • destruction of various pagan places of worship. The apostle John has his grave in Ephesus. Polycrates of Ephesus (Greek: Πολυκράτης) was a bishop at Ephesus in...
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    imperial Roman church before the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, and with the Church of the East until the Council of Ephesus in AD 431, separating primarily...
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  • human because the divine nature is unoriginate. The Council of Ephesus in 431, under the leadership of Cyril himself as well as the Ephesian bishop Memnon...
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    convening of the First Ecumenical Council of Ephesus (431), over which Cyril I presided. The First Ecumenical Council of Ephesus confirmed the teachings of Athanasius...
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    Council of Constantinople were adopted only with the 451 Council of Chalcedon, 20 years after that of Ephesus, and even that the Council of Ephesus,...
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    the Council of Ephesus (which condemned the views of Nestorius) classified as heretics those who rejected the council's statements. The Church of the...
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    2nd Council of Ephesus, called the "Robber Council" by Chalcedonian historians. It held to the Miaphysite formula which upheld the Christology of "One...
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    Councils were convened. First Council of Nicaea (325) First Council of Constantinople (381) First Council of Ephesus (431) Council of Chalcedon (451) These were...
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    God". The debate about the single or dual nature of Christ ensued in Ephesus. The First Council of Ephesus debated miaphysitism (two natures united as one...
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    already been in established use. The Council of Ephesus was long thought to have been held at a church in Ephesus which had been dedicated to Mary about...
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    Protestant Reformation (16th century) Great Schism (11th century) Council of Ephesus (431) Council of Chalcedon (451) Early Christianity Great Church (Full communion)...
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    pontificate of Pope Damasus I and issued four canons. The Council of Ephesus proclaimed the Virgin Mary as the Theotokos (Greek Η Θεοτόκος, "Mother of God" or...
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    which led to further fracturing of the State church of the Roman Empire. Emperor Theodosius II called two synods in Ephesus, one in 431 and one in 449, that...
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    and received the support of Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria, the Emperor convoked another Council to Ephesus. At this council, which assembled on August...
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    Council of Ephesus in AD 431, the Church of the East also shared in this communion, as did the various Oriental Orthodox Churches before the Council of Chalcedon...
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  • seek to upset the decisions of the council of Ephesus. Anyone who does not confess that Jesus is God and Mary is the Mother of God. Anyone who does not confess...
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    Cyril of Alexandria and other prominent churchmen of the time, who accused him of heresy. Nestorius sought to defend himself at the Council of Ephesus in...
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  • Miaphysitism (category Nature of Jesus Christ)
    the other, Antioch and Constantinople. The condemnation of Nestorius at the Council of Ephesus in 431 was a victory for the Alexandrian school and church...
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    Theotokos (redirect from Mother of God)
    Alāhā/Yoldath Aloho) in the Liturgy of Mari and Addai (3rd century) and the Liturgy of St James (4th century). The Council of Ephesus in AD 431 decreed that Mary...
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    the Council of Ephesus (in 431) to solve the dispute. Cyril selected Ephesus as the venue since it supported the veneration of Mary. The council was convoked...
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