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Council of Ephesus (431)

Is Mary mother of the man Jesus only, or truly Mother of God?

Meeting in 431, this third ecumenical council condemned the teaching of Nestorius and affirmed that Mary may rightly be called Theotokos, 'God-bearer' or Mother of God, because the one she bore is truly God incarnate. Cyril of Alexandria led the defense. Traditions differ on its reception: the Chalcedonian and Oriental Orthodox churches receive it, while the Church of the East does not and honors the teachers of Nestorius.

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  1. The Third Ecumenical Council: The Council of Ephesus
    Ephesus · 431
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  2. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    explains
  3. The Commonitory of Vincent of Lérins, For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies
    Lérins · 445
    explains
  4. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    explains
  5. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    applies
  6. The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 553
    explains
  7. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
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  8. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  9. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    applies

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