Nestorian controversy

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The Nestorian controversy was a 5th-century Christological dispute over the nature and person of Christ, centering on the teachings of Nestorius and the title of Mary as Theotokos, which led to major church councils and lasting schisms.

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Label Occurrences
Nestorian controversy canonical 21
Nestorian controversy in Anatolia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century event ⓘ
Christological controversy ⓘ
theological dispute ⓘ
about relationship between divine and human natures in Christ ⓘ
whether Mary is Mother of God ⓘ
centeredOnTeachingOf Nestorius ⓘ
century 5th century ⓘ
concernsDoctrine Incarnation ⓘ
Theotokos ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

hypostatic union ⓘ
culminatedIn Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Nestorius’ condemnation ⓘ
fieldOfStudy historical theology ⓘ
patristics ⓘ
followedBy Monophysite controversy ⓘ
hasConsequence condemnation of Nestorianism as heresy by many churches ⓘ
development of Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
Emperor Theodosius II ⓘ
linked to: Theodosius II

John of Antioch ⓘ
Nestorius ⓘ
Theodoret of Cyrus ⓘ
involvesConcept hypostasis ⓘ
physis ⓘ
prosopon ⓘ
involvesTitleOfMary Christotokos ⓘ
Theotokos ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary
languageOfDebate Greek ⓘ
location Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
mainTopic Christology ⓘ
nature of Christ ⓘ
person of Christ ⓘ
opposedBy Cyril of Alexandria ⓘ
precededBy Arian controversy ⓘ
relatedTo Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn deposition of Nestorius ⓘ
formation of the Church of the East’s distinct Christology ⓘ
long-lasting schisms in Eastern Christianity ⓘ
schism between Alexandrian and Antiochene parties ⓘ
startTime early 5th century ⓘ
supportedBy Antiochene theologians ⓘ
timePeriod reign of Theodosius II ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Constantinople ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pulcheria → associatedWith → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: Empress Pulcheria
Theodosius II → significantEvent → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Nestorius → knownFor → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Nestorius → subjectOf → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Three Chapters controversy → relatedTo → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Letters to Nestorius → historicalContext → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Anathemas against Nestorius → associatedWithEvent → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Formula of Union → relatedTo → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Ibas of Edessa → notableEvent → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Eutychian (Monophysite) controversy → relatedTo → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Germanicia → mentionedInContextOf → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Bazaar of Heracleides → mainSubject → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
On the Unity of Christ → mainTopic → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
First Anathema → historicalContext → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Second Anathema → historicalContext → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Third Anathema → associatedWithEvent → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Christianity in Anatolia → hasPart → Nestorian controversy in Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Nestorian controversy
court of Theodosius II → associatedWithEvent → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Christotokos → wasCentralTo → Nestorian controversy ⓘ
Proclus of Constantinople → participatedIn → Nestorian controversy ⓘ