Robber Council

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The Robber Council is a pejorative name for the Second Council of Ephesus (449 AD), an ecclesiastical assembly later condemned for its violent proceedings and doctrinal irregularities.

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Robber Council canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical council
pejorative name
alsoKnownAs Latrocinium of Ephesus
surface form: Latrocinium

Second Council of Ephesus
associatedWithControversy Christological controversy
Monophysitism
characterizedBy intimidation of opponents
use of armed monks
condemnedBy Council of Chalcedon
Pope Leo I
consideredAs heretical council
illegitimate council
robber synod
consideredBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

most Chalcedonian churches
convenedBy Theodosius II
convenedByTitle Eastern Roman emperor
dateRange August 449
deposed Domnus II of Antioch
Flavian of Constantinople
followedBy Council of Chalcedon
hadParticipants bishops
imperial officials
monks
hasPejorativeNameFor Second Council of Ephesus
heldInCity Ephesus
heldInEmpire Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
heldInProvince Roman province of Asia
heldInYear 449
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
languageOfProceedings Greek
notableFor condemnation of Flavian of Constantinople
doctrinal irregularities
procedural irregularities
rehabilitation of Eutyches
violent proceedings
notRecognizedAsEcumenicalBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
precededBy Council of Ephesus
surface form: First Council of Ephesus
presidedOverBy Dioscorus of Alexandria
presidentTitle Patriarch of Alexandria
rejectedDocument Tome of Leo
resultedIn temporary rehabilitation of Eutyches
worsening of Christological divisions
summonedClergyFrom Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
supportedTheologyOf Eutyches
viewedAs forerunner to Chalcedonian definition

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Second Council of Ephesus hasAlias Robber Council
Second Council of Ephesus regardedAs Robber Council