Chapter 4, 5 Events

Question 1

The church’s second general council denounced Apollinarianism and approved the Nicene Creed.

Answer 1

First Council of Constantinople (381)

Question 2

Declared Christianity the Official Religion of the Empire (391).

Answer 2

Emperor Theodosius

Question 3

The church’s third general council accused Nestorius of teaching that Jesus was two separate persons, one human and one divine.

Answer 3

Council of Ephesus (431)

Question 4

At the church’s fourth general council more than 500 overseers condemned the One-Nature (“Monophysite”) view of Christ. They agreed that, according to Scripture, Christ was one person with two natures (one human, one divine). This became known as the Two-Nature (“Dyophysite”) view

Answer 4

Council of Chalcedon (451)

Question 5

Around 542, One-Nature theology became popular again. Justinian, emperor of the Eastern Empire, convened the church’s fifth general council to end the controversy. The council also declared that Jesus’ mother remained a virgin throughout her life.

Answer 5

Second Council of Constantinople (553)