Nestorius

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Archbishop of Constantinople Christian theologian historical figure

Nestorius was a 5th-century Archbishop of Constantinople whose Christological teachings sparked the Nestorian controversy and led to his condemnation as a heretic at the Council of Ephesus.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nestorius of Constantinople	3
Against Nestorius	1
Nestorios	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Archbishop of Constantinople ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
alternativeName	Nestorius ⓘ surface form: Nestorios
appointedBy	Theodosius II ⓘ
associatedWith	Antiochene theological tradition ⓘ
birthDate	c. 386 ⓘ
birthPlace	Germanicia ⓘ Roman Syria ⓘ
burialPlace	Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt (exact location uncertain)
christology	emphasis on distinction between Christ’s two natures ⓘ
church	Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Church of Constantinople
citizenship	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
condemnationConfirmedBy	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ surface form: Council of Chalcedon (indirectly, by not rehabilitating him)
condemnedAs	heretic ⓘ
condemnedBy	Council of Ephesus ⓘ
consecratedAsBishop	10 April 428 (approximate/traditional date) ⓘ
councilDate	431 (Council of Ephesus) ⓘ
deathDate	c. 451 ⓘ
disputedInterpretation	whether he personally held all doctrines later called Nestorianism ⓘ
endTime	431 (as Archbishop of Constantinople) ⓘ
era	5th century ⓘ
exiledBy	Theodosius II ⓘ
historicalReassessment	20th-century scholarship partly rehabilitated his reputation ⓘ
influenced	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East
knownFor	Christological teachings ⓘ Nestorian controversy ⓘ opposition to the title Theotokos for Mary ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
legacy	regarded as heretical by Chalcedonian churches ⓘ viewed more sympathetically in the Church of the East ⓘ
namesakeOf	Nestorianism ⓘ
opposedBy	Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ Pope Celestine I ⓘ
opposedTitle	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Theotokos
placeOfExile	Egypt ⓘ
positionHeld	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Archbishop of Constantinople
preferredTitleForMary	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Christotokos
regionOfActivity	Antioch ⓘ Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
religion	Christianity ⓘ
startTime	428 (as Archbishop of Constantinople) ⓘ
subjectOf	Nestorian controversy ⓘ
teacherOf	none (no major direct disciples recorded) ⓘ
theologicalFocus	relationship between the divine and human natures of Christ ⓘ
wrote	Bazaar of Heracleides ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Nestorius → alternativeName → Nestorius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorios

Antiochene school of theology → associatedWith → Nestorius ⓘ

Nestorianism → associatedWith → Nestorius ⓘ

Council of Ephesus → attendedBy → Nestorius ⓘ

Third Ecumenical Council → attendedBy → Nestorius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorius of Constantinople

Third Ecumenical Council → condemned → Nestorius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorius of Constantinople

Theodore of Mopsuestia → contemporaryOf → Nestorius ⓘ

Theodore of Mopsuestia → influenced → Nestorius ⓘ

Nestorianism → namedAfter → Nestorius ⓘ

Cyril of Alexandria → opposed → Nestorius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nestorius of Constantinople

Cyril of Alexandria → wroteWork → Nestorius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Against Nestorius