Council of Ephesus

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5th-century event church council ecumenical council historical event

The Council of Ephesus was a major 5th-century ecumenical council of the Christian Church that condemned Nestorianism and affirmed the Virgin Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer).

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Ephesus canonical	52
Council of Ephesus (431)	12
First Council of Ephesus	5
Council of Ephesus (431) declaration of Mary as Theotokos	1
Council of Ephesus (431, condemnation of Pelagianism affirmed)	1
Council of Ephesus affirmation of Mary as Theotokos	1
Council of Ephesus canons	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	5th-century event ⓘ church council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ historical event ⓘ
affirmedDoctrine	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer) unity of Christ’s person ⓘ
affirmedTitleOf	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Virgin Mary as Theotokos
alsoKnownAs	Third Ecumenical Council ⓘ
associatedWith	Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Patriarchate of Alexandria Antiochian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Patriarchate of Antioch Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
attendedBy	Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ John of Antioch ⓘ Nestorius ⓘ representatives of Pope Celestine I ⓘ
century	5th century ⓘ
confirmed	Nicene Creed ⓘ
convenedBy	Theodosius II ⓘ
convokedBy	Theodosius II ⓘ surface form: Emperor Theodosius II
dateEnd	431 ⓘ
dateStart	431 ⓘ
declared	Nestorius a heretic ⓘ
doctrineCondemned	Nestorianism ⓘ teachings of Nestorius ⓘ
followedBy	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
issued	canons ⓘ dogmatic statements ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Greek ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
location	Ephesus ⓘ
partOf	history of Christianity ⓘ history of the Christian Church ⓘ
precededBy	First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
presidedOverBy	Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
recognizedAs	third ecumenical council ⓘ
recognizedBy	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rejected	any alteration of the Nicene Creed ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn	deposition of Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ schism between Cyril’s and John of Antioch’s parties (later reconciled) ⓘ
significance	defined orthodox teaching on Christ’s person against Nestorianism ⓘ established lasting use of the title Theotokos for Mary ⓘ
topic	Christology ⓘ Mariology ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

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

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Christology → historicallyDebatedAt → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Council of Ephesus

Incarnation of Christ → definedAtCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Oriental Orthodoxy → acceptsCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

First Council of Constantinople → precedes → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Council of Chalcedon → follows → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Council of Chalcedon → precededBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Cyril of Alexandria → participatedIn → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → recognisedAsAutocephalousBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → autocephalyConfirmedBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Nicene Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Virgin Birth of Jesus → affirmedByCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Nestorianism → consideredHeresyBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Nestorianism → condemnedAt → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Mary Major → associatedWithEvent → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus affirmation of Mary as Theotokos

Armenian Apostolic Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Assyrian Church of the East → doesNotAccept → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Coptic Orthodox Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Pelagianism → condemnedByCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Syriac Orthodox Church → acceptsCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Chalcedonian Definition → influencedBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Third Ecumenical Council → alsoKnownAs → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Council of Ephesus

Ephesus → councilHeld → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

John of Antioch → participatedIn → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Empress Pulcheria → associatedWithEvent → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

subject surface form: Pulcheria

Eastern Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Second Council of Ephesus → overturnedDecisionOf → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Council of Ephesus

Theodosius II → significantEvent → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Nestorius → condemnedBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God → theologicalBasisIncludes → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus (431) declaration of Mary as Theotokos

Antiochene school of theology → relatedToCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Seven Ecumenical Councils → includesCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Scholia on the Incarnation of the Only-Begotten → associatedWith → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Letters to Nestorius → relatedEvent → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus → recognizedAsAutocephalousBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Anathemas against Nestorius → associatedWithEvent → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Council of Ephesus

Anathemas against Nestorius → influenced → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ephesus canons

Caelestius → condemnedByCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Christ exists as two distinct persons → isRejectedBy → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

School of Antioch → associatedWithCouncilDebates → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Marian doctrine → definedAt → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Council of Chalcedon (indirectly via Marian doctrine) → follows → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Chalcedon

Church of the Roman Empire → recognizedCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Church of the Roman Empire → definedDoctrineAt → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Henotikon → relatedCouncil → Council of Ephesus ⓘ

Pope Sixtus III → associatedWith → Council of Ephesus ⓘ