Nestorius
Americannoun
noun
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Its split with the Western Church came when it accepted the doctrine of the dual nature of Christ propounded by Nestorius, a Fifth-Century Patriarch of Constantinople.
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Nestorius, new Patriarch of Constantinople, had declared that Mary could not be truly called "Mother of God."
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At length Emperor Theodosius gave in, and in the summer of 431 the council, satisfied that Nestorius was a rank heretic, went home.
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But Emperor Theodosius declared the session invalid, since Nestorius had been deposed unheard.
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The object of calling the council was to inquire into the opinions of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie
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