Council of Ephesus

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Council of Ephesus - the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius

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ecumenical council - (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church"

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ecumenical council Ephesus heresy Nestorius Pelagianism Pelagius theological doctrine unorthodoxy			Twentieth-century German-Swiss reformed theologian Karl Barth liked to refer to her with the phrase first coined at the Council of Ephesus in AD 431: "Mother of God according to the manhood" of Jesus. The Christmas t-shirt: a powerful message, simply told by Webber, David / Presbyterian Record However, this same Epiphanius deemed it necessary to compile an account of 80 heresies (a tally possibly inspired by the "fourscore concubines" of Song of Songs 6) under the provocative title Medicine-Chest ("Panarion") drawn from the image of furnishing antidotes to the bite of the serpent of heresy, from Simon Magus to the Messalians ("Praying People"), a contemporary Eastern sect condemned by the Council of Ephesus (431) for teaching that as a result of Adam's sin all human souls are. Later heresies by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight It comes from some familiar ingredients and a few exotic flavourings, including some of the books which what Mr Waughs calls the 'violent and disagreeable', even debauched, Council of Ephesus wisely decided were not to be included in canonical Scripture. What Mr Waugh thinks of God by Kernohan, R.D. / Contemporary Review			coumarin coumarone coumarone resin coumarone-indene resin Coumarou Coumarouna Coumarouna odorata council council area Council Bluffs council board council chamber council estate Council fire council flat council house council housing council housing estate council meeting council member Council of Ancients Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence Council of Chalcedon Council of Constance Council of Economic Advisors Council of Ephesus Council of Europe council of ministers Council of States Council of Trent Council of Vienne council of war Council on Environmental Policy council school council table council tax council tenant council-manager plan Councilist councillor councillorship councilman councilor councilorship councilwoman counsel Counsel to the Crown Counselable counseling counselling counsellor			Council of Early Childhood Education and Services Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools Council of Economic Advisers Council of Economic Advisers Council of Economic Advisors Council of Economic Advisors Council of Economic Advisors Council of Economic Advisors Council of Economics Educators Council of Editors of Learned Journals Council of Educational Facility Planners International Council of Educational Support Professionals Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Council of Elders Council of Elders Council of Elementary Science International Council of Elizabeth Fry Societies of Ontario Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Council of Eminent Persons Council of Employers Unions of Russia Council of Energy Efficiency Companies of India Council of Energy Resource Tribes Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon Council of Engineering Companies of Washington Council of Engineering Institutions Council of Engineers & Scientists Organizations Council of Environmental Deans and Directors Council of Ephesus Council of Ethical and Judicial Affairs Council of Ethics-Based Organizations Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations Council of Europe Council of Europe Council of Europe Council of Europe Activities Database Council of Europe Alliance Council of Europe Committee of Experts Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Council of Europe Development Bank Council of Europe Election Observation Mission Council of Europe Information Office Council of Europe Minority Youth Committees Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe Radio Amateur Club Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners' Associations Council of European Bioregions Council of European Chief Dental Officers Council of European Energy Regulators Council of European Industrial Federations Council of European Informatics Societies Council of European Jamaats Council of European Municipalities and Regions Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries

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