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| Council of Ephesus | |
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 Image in the church Notre-Dame de Fourvières, France. The priest standing right in the middle is Cyril of Alexandria. On the throne is the Virgin Mary and child Jesus. | |
| Date | 22 June – 31 July 431 |
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Previous council | First Council of Constantinople |
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| Convoked by | Emperor Theodosius II |
| President | Cyril of Alexandria |
| Attendance | 200–250 (papal representatives arrived late) |
| Topics | Nestorianism, Theotokos, Pelagianism |
Documents and statements | Confirmation of the original Nicene Creed, condemnations of heresies, declaration of Mary as "Theotokos", eight canons |
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The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus (near present-day Selçuk in Turkey) in AD 431 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom,[2] confirmed the original Nicene Creed,[3] and condemned the teachings of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who held that the Virgin Mary may be called the Christotokos, "Christ-bearer" but not the Theotokos, "God-bearer". It met from 22 June to 31 July 431 at the Church of Mary in Ephesus in Anatolia.
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