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The Council of Ephesus of 431 - Documents and Proceedings (Hardcover)
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The Council of Ephesus of 431 - Documents and Proceedings (Hardcover)
Series: Translated Texts for Historians, 72
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The First Council of Ephesus (431) was the climax of the so-called
Nestorian Controversy. Convoked by the emperor Theodosius II to
restore peace to the Church, it immediately divided into two rival
councils, both meeting at Ephesus. Attempts by the emperor's
representatives to get the bishops on both sides to meet together
had no success, and after four months the council was dissolved
without having ever properly met. But a number of decrees by the
larger of the two rival councils, in particular the condemnation of
Nestorius of Constantinople, were subsequently accepted as the
valid decrees of the 'ecumenical council of Ephesus'. The
documentation, consisting of conciliar proceedings, letters and
other documents, provides information not only about events in
Ephesus itself, but also about lobbying and public demonstrations
in Constantinople. There is no episode in late Roman history where
we are so well informed about how politics were conducted in the
imperial capital. This makes the Acts a document of first
importance for the history of the Later Roman Empire as well for
that of the Church.
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