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Nestorius

American  
[ne-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr-] / nɛˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

  1. died a.d. 451?, Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.


Nestorius British  
/ nɛˈstɔːrɪəs /

noun

  1. died ?451 ad , Syrian churchman; patriarch of Constantinople (428–431); deposed for heresy by the Council of Ephesus

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nestorius, new Patriarch of Constantinople, had declared that Mary could not be truly called "Mother of God."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the very first session Nestorius was anathematized, deposed, excommunicated.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nestorius was consecrated Bishop of Constantinople in 428.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

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