Ecumenical Councils Flashcards
First Ecumenical Council
Nicaea 325
Theological Issue in Nicaea in 325
Full divinity of Christ (homoousios with the father)
Heresy condemned in Nicaea in 325
Arianism
Second Ecumenical Council
Constantinople 381
Theological issue in Constantinople in 381
Affirmed and more fully addressed Nicene orthodoxy, deity of the Holy Spirit
Heresy condemned in Constantinople in 381
Homoiousians, Macedonianism, Anomianism, Sabellianism, and Apollinarianism.
Third Ecumenical Council
Ephesus, 431
Theological issue in Ephesus in 431
The unity of the person of Christ, title of theotokos for Mary
Heresy condemned in Ephesus in 431
Nestorianism
Fourth Ecumenical Council
Chalcedon, 451
Theological issue in Chalcedon in 451
The divine and human nature of Christ
Heresy condemned in Chalcedon in 451
Monophysitism
Fifth Ecumenical Council
Constantinople, 553
Theological issue in Constantinople in 553
Origenism, dyophysitism/momophysitism
Heresy in Constantinople in 553
Origenism
Sixth (Trullian) Ecumenical Council
Constantinople, 680
Theological issue in Constantinople in 680
One or two wills in Christ
Heresy issue in Constantinople in 680
Monoenergism, monotheletism
Seventh Ecumenical Council
Nicaea, 787
Theological issues in Nicaea in 787
The use of icons
Heresy in Nicaea in 787
Iconoclasm
