Second Council of Ephesus

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Christian council church synod ecumenical council

The Second Council of Ephesus was a controversial 449 church synod later condemned as the “Robber Council” for overturning earlier Christological decisions and prompting the more definitive Council of Chalcedon.

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Label Occurrences
Second Council of Ephesus canonical 19
Robber Council of Ephesus 2
Second Council of Ephesus (449) 2

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian council ⓘ
church synod ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
condemnedPerson Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa ⓘ
Theodoret of Cyrrhus ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
convenedBy Theodosius II ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Theodosius II

Theodosius II ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
decision deposed Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
rejected the reading of the Tome of Leo ⓘ
restored Eutyches to communion ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Church of Alexandria

Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
doctrineAddressed Dyophysitism ⓘ
Miaphysitism ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ
endTime 449 ⓘ
followedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
hasAlias Latrocinium ⓘ
Latrocinium of Ephesus ⓘ
Robber Council ⓘ
hasConsequences deepened divisions between Alexandrian and Antiochene theological schools ⓘ
precipitated the Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
influenced Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
keyDocumentDiscussed Tome of Leo ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
laterCondemnedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Pope Leo I ⓘ
location Ephesus ⓘ
mainSubject Christology ⓘ
nature of Christ ⓘ
overturnedDecisionOf Council of Ephesus ⓘ
surface form: First Council of Ephesus

Synod of Constantinople of 448 ⓘ
papalLegate Hilarus of Rome ⓘ
Julius of Puteoli ⓘ
Renatus of Rome ⓘ
participant Dioscorus of Alexandria ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa ⓘ
surface form: Domnus II of Antioch

Eutyches ⓘ
Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
Hilarus of Rome ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa ⓘ
Julius of Puteoli ⓘ
Juvenal of Jerusalem ⓘ
Renatus of Rome ⓘ
Theodoret of Cyrrhus ⓘ
partOf Christological controversies in the 5th century ⓘ
presentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
presentDayLocation Selçuk ⓘ
presidedOverBy Dioscorus of Alexandria ⓘ
Patriarch Dioscorus I of Alexandria ⓘ
recognizedAs legitimate council by Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
regardedAs Robber Council ⓘ
illegitimate council ⓘ
non-ecumenical council by the Catholic Church ⓘ
non-ecumenical council by the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
rehabilitatedPerson Eutyches ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
startTime 449 ⓘ
August 449 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Chalcedon → follows → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon → precededBy → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon (indirectly via Marian doctrine) → follows → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Chalcedon
Pope Hilarius → participatedIn → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa → notableEvent → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa → wasDeposedAt → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Robber Council → hasPejorativeNameFor → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Robber Council → alsoKnownAs → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Latrocinium of Ephesus → alsoKnownAs → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Latrocinium of Ephesus → alsoKnownAs → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robber Council of Ephesus
Dioscorus of Alexandria → supportedCouncil → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Dioscorus of Alexandria → councilParticipation → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (449)
Julius of Puteoli → participatedIn → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Flavian of Constantinople → participantIn → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Flavian of Constantinople → participantIn → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robber Council of Ephesus
Flavian of Constantinople → condemnedBy → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Flavian of Constantinople → seeAlso → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Hilarus of Rome → participatedIn → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Patriarch Dioscorus I of Alexandria → councilParticipation → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
subject surface form: Dioscorus I of Alexandria
Eutyches → associatedWithEvent → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Council of Ephesus (449)
Eutyches → rehabilitatedAt → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Council of Ephesus (449)
Eutychian (Monophysite) controversy → relatedCouncil → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Letter to Flavian → relatedTo → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Synod of Constantinople of 448 → followedBy → Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ