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Council of Ephesus

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Noun1.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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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
The single most fundamental doctrinal statement about Mary was the definition at the Council of Ephesus in 431 that affirmed Mary as theotokos--"the God bearer.
There's something about MARY by CUNNINGHAM, LAWRENCE S. / U.S. Catholic
Only twenty-two of the many sermons he must have preached survive, some fragmented; the fourth, given at the Council of Ephesus (June 431) remains the classic exposition of Mariology.
Saint Cyril of Alexandria by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
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