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The Second Council of Ephesus was a Christological church synod in 449 convened by Emperor Theodosius II under the presidency of Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria. [1] It was intended to be an ecumenical council, and it is accepted as such by the miaphysite churches [citation needed] but was rejected by Chalcedonian Christians.
As the bishop of Cyzicus, Diogenes was present at the Second Council of Ephesus in 449. At the council, Eutyches attempted to prove his orthodoxy by reciting the original Nicene Creed of 325, and claiming that Canon 7 of the Council of Ephesus forbids any addition or subtraction from that version of the creed.
The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus ... Second Council of Nicaea (787), last of the 7 ecumenical councils; ...
The judgments issued at the Second Council of Ephesus in 449, the alleged offences of Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria, the relationship between the divinity and humanity of Christ, many disputes involving particular bishops and sees. Second Council of Constantinople: 5 May – 2 June 553 Emperor Justinian I: Eutychius of Constantinople: 152
The First Council of Ephesus was held in 431 AD, and the Second Council of Ephesus, sometimes called the "Robber Council", was held in 449 AD. [10] Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria presided at the First Council, which was called by the Emperor Theodosius II to resolve the Nestorian controversy.
In AD 449, Pope Dioscorus headed the 2nd Council of Ephesus, called the "Robber Council" by Chalcedonian historians. It held to the Miaphysite formula which upheld the Christology of "One Incarnate Nature of God the Word" ( Greek : μία φύσις Θεοῦ Λόγου σεσαρκωμένη ( mia physis Theou Logou sesarkōmenē )).
Pre-ecumenical councils, those earlier than AD 325, were mostly local or provincial. Some, held in the second half of the 3rd century, involved more than one province. The sui generis Council of Jerusalem was a meeting, described in the Bible in Acts 15 and possibly in Galatians 2, of the apostles and elders of the local Church in Jerusalem.
In order to settle the issue, the Second Council of Ephesus was held in 449, at which Eutyches was exonerated and returned to his monastery. [9] Although intended to be an ecumenical council, this council was not called with enough notice for the Western bishops to attend, and was subsequently labeled a "robber council" by the Council of Chalcedon.