Nestorius

NESTORIUS : UNDERSTANDING INCARNATION
PROF. M. M. NINAN
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Eusebius, Domnus, and Leo's legates are not present.
Ibas, Irenaeus, Theodoret, and Domnus are all deposed
Cyril's XII Anathematisms are solemnly ratified.
September While a Synod is sitting on other matters in Rome, letters are received from
Theodoret and Eusebius protesting against the Ephesian decisions, and Hilary brings
his account of the Council.
October In the name of the Roman Synod, Leo writes to Theodosius and Pulcheria protesting
against the proceedings at Ephesus. He also writes to various Eastern bishops,
bidding them stand fast.
The Eutychians Anatolius and Maximus hold the sees of Constantinople and Antioch.
450. February The Western Court visits Rome, and Leo persuades Valentinian III, his mother, Galla
Placidia, and his wife, Eudoxia, to write to their Eastern kinsfolk, but it is all in vain.
Theodosius confirms all that was done at Ephesus, and informs the West that all is
well in the East.
July
Leo offers to recognize Anatolius if he will accept Cyril Ad Nest. II and his own Tome.
There is no response.
Theodosius dies from a fall from his horse
He is succeeded by his sister, Pulcheria, who puts Chrysaphius to death and marries
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Eutyches is put under restraint, and Flavian's body buried with honour in
Constantinople.
Theodoret and others are recalled from exile, and many of the bishops who supported
Dioscorus at Ephesus explain that they did so under compulsion.
November to
June 451
Correspondence between Pulcheria, Marcian, Anatolius, and Leo. Leo says the
trouble is due to Dioscorus and Juvenal of Jerusalem, and can easily be settled
without a Council, which would be difficult to arrange owing to the invasion of the
Huns. Nevertheless, Pulcheria and Marcian summon a Council to meet at Nicaea in
September.
Leo appoints legates. Bishops assemble at Nicaea.
Eutyches excommunicates Leo.
Marcian cannot go so far as Nicaea for fear of Huns in Illyricum, and orders the
bishops to move to Chalcedon.
Strong measures are taken to exclude monks and laymen, and to keep order.
451. October 8 Session I. Dioscorus is treated as defendant and accused by Eusebius of Dorylaeum.
Theodoret is admitted as a bishop.
The Minutes of the Latrocinium and of the Synod of Constantinople are read.
Flavian's memory is vindicated, Dioscorus and his supporters are deposed, and the
assembly bursts into singing the Trisagion----the first occasion on which it is known to
have been used
October 10 Session II---- mainly occupied with the discussion of Leo's Tome.
October 13 Session III. Dioscorus is formally deprived of his episcopal dignity
October 17 Session IV. The Council accepts 'The Rule of Faith as contained in the Creed of
Nicaea, confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, expounded at Ephesus under
Cyril, and set forth in the Letter of Pope Leo when he condemned the heresy of
Nestorius and Eutyches'.
October 22 Session V. The Definition of Chalcedon, under Roman and Imperial pressure, is
amended so as definitely to exclude Eutychianism, and as adopted includes the
following words: 'Following therefore the holy Fathers, we all teach, with one accord,
one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, . . . who for us men and for our
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