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The '''Third Ecumenical Council''' was held in [[Ephesus]], Asia Minor , in 431 under Emperor [[Theodosius II]], grandson of [[Theodosius I|Theodosius the Great]]. It is also known as the '''Council of Ephesus'''. Approximately 200 Bishops [[bishop]]s were present, though procedings began in haste before the arrival of the bishops from the west. The procedings were conducted in a heated atmosphere of confrontation and recriminations. It was the third of the [[Ecumenical Councils]], and was chiefly concerned with [[Nestorianism]].
==Christological Controversies==
According to the Council, Nestorianism overemphasized the human nature of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] at the expense of the divine. The Council denounced Patriarch [[Nestorius]]' teaching as erroneous. Nestorius taught that the Virgin Mary gave birth to a man, [[Jesus Christ]], not God the [[Logos]]. The [[Logos]] only dwelt in Christ, as in a Temple (Christ, therefore, was only ''Theophoros'': the "Bearer of God.") Consequently, the [[Virgin Mary]] should be called ''Christotokos'' ("Mother of Christ") and not ''[[Theotokos]]'' ("Mother Birth-giver of God").
The Council decreed that Christ was one person, not two separate "people": fully God and fully man, with a rational soul and body. The Virgin Mary is ''[[Theotokos]]'' because she gave birth not to a mere man but to God as a man. The [[theandric union|union of the two natures]] of Christ took place in such a fashion that one did not disturb the other.
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==SourcesAdditional significance==The [[autocephaly]] of the [[Church of Cyprus]] was established, overriding claims by the Patriarch of Antioch. ==Commemoration ==The Holy Fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council are commemorated on [[September 9]] and also on the 9th Sunday after [[Pentecost]] the [[Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils]]. ==Source==*[[Wikipedia:Council of Ephesus|Wikipedia - Council of Ephesus]] ==External link==* [http://enocafs.wikipediaoca.org/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus Wikipedia - FeastSaintsLife.asp?FSID=102555 Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus]– [[OCA]] website.
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