Third Ecumenical Council

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Christian event church council ecumenical council

The Third Ecumenical Council, held at Ephesus in 431 AD, was a major early Christian council that condemned Nestorianism and affirmed the title of Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God).

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian event → church council → ecumenical council →
affirmedDoctrine	Theotokos →
affirmedTitleOfMary	Mother of God → Theotokos →
alsoKnownAs	Council of Ephesus → First Council of Ephesus →
approvedBy	Pope Celestine I →
attendedBy	Cyril of Alexandria → John of Antioch → Nestorius of Constantinople → representatives of Pope Celestine I →
authorityScope	universal church (as understood by participants) →
century	5th century →
city	Ephesus →
condemned	Nestorianism → Nestorius of Constantinople →
convokedBy	Theodosius II →
countryAtTheTime	Eastern Roman Empire →
declared	Mary is truly Theotokos →
denomination	Early Church →
endDate	431-07-31 →
followedBy	Council of Chalcedon →
historicalSignificance	central in development of Marian doctrine → defined orthodox teaching against Nestorianism →
languageOfProceedings	Greek →
location	Ephesus →
mainIssue	Nestorianism →
ordinalNumber	3 →
partOf	Seven Ecumenical Councils →
precededBy	First Council of Constantinople →
presentDayLocation	Turkey →
presidedOverBy	Cyril of Alexandria →
producedDocument	Council of Ephesus canons → Formula of Union (later agreement) →
recognizedBy	Assyrian Church of the East (partially, with reservations) → Eastern Orthodox Church → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Roman Catholic Church →
religion	Christianity →
resultedIn	schism between Cyril’s and Nestorius’s supporters →
startDate	431-06-22 →
theologicalFocus	Christology → Mariology →
upheldChristology	Christ is one person in two natures → unity of Christ’s person →
year	431 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Ephesus →	alsoKnownAs