Council of Chalcedon
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The Council of Chalcedon was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithynia from 8 October
Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, 1876 painting by Vasily Surikov
Council of Chalcedon, fresco at Ferapontov Monastery, c. 1502
Council of Chalcedon in the Nuremberg Chronicle
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Council of Ephesus
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The Council of Ephesus was a council of Christian bishops convened in Ephesus in AD 431 by the Roman emperor Theodosius II. This third ecumenical council, an effort to attain consensus in the church t
Council of Chalcedon
…largest and best-documented of the first seven ecumenical councils. The principal purpose of the council was to re-assert the teachings of the ecumenical Council of Ephesus against the teachings of Eutyches and Nestorius. Such doctrines viewed Christ's divine and human natures as separate and distinct (Nestorianism), or…
Image in the church Notre-Dame de Fourvières, France. The priest standing right in the middle is Cyril of Alexandria. On the throne are the Virgin Mary and child Jesus.
Council of Ephesus in 431, in the Basilica of Fourvière, Lyon
Council of Ephesus, fresco at Ferapontov Monastery, c. 1502.
Cyril of Alexandria