Council of Ephesus
Ecumenical council in Ephesus in 431, convened by Emperor Theodosius II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the ecumenical council held in 431. For the two later councils in the same city, see Council of Ephesus (disambiguation).
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 II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom,[1] confirmed the original Nicene Creed,[2] and condemned the teachings of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who held that the Virgin Mary may be called the Christotokos, "Christ-bearer" but not the Theotokos, "God-bearer". It met in June and July 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus in Anatolia.
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Date | 431 |
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Previous council | First Council of Constantinople |
Next council |
Second Council of Ephesus (not accepted by Chalcedonian) |
Convoked by | Emperor Theodosius II |
President | Cyril of Alexandria |
Attendance | 200–250 (papal representatives arrived late) |
Topics | Nestorianism, Theotokos, Pelagianism, Premillennialism |
Documents and statements | Confirmation of the original Nicene Creed, condemnations of heresies, declaration of Mary as "Theotokos", eight canons |
Chronological list of ecumenical councils |
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