ЁЯЩПTHEOLOGY UNIT 3 ЁЯЩП
What three things immediately stick out about these church councils?
1. All dealt with heresy except last 2. They affirm things 3. Date frequency from 30-100 years
What are the seven councils in order?
1. First Council of Nicaea 2. First Council of Constantinople 3. Council of Ephesus 4. Council of Chalcedon 5. Second Council of Constantinople 6. Third Council of Constantinople 7. Second Council of Nicaea
When was the date of the First Council of Nicaea?
325 A.D
When was Apollinarianism proposed?
375 A.D
When was Eutychianism proposed?
378 A.D
When was the date of the First Council of Constantinople?
381 A.D
When was Nestorianism proposed?
428 A.D
When was the date of the Council of Ephesus?
431 A.D
Where was Apollinarianism declared heresy?
431 A.D in Constantinople
Where was Eutychianism declared heresy?
448 A.D in Constantinople
When was the date of the Council of Chalcedon ?
451 A.D
Where was Nestorianism declared heresy?
451 A.D in Constantinople
When was the date of the Second Council of Constantinople ?
553 A.D
When was the date of the Third Council of Constantinople?
680-681
When was the date of the Second Council of Nicaea ?
787
What verse exposes Nestorianism?
Acts 7:59
What was the council decision for the First Council of Nicaea?
Affirmed that Jesus is truly God and equal to the Father, repudiated Arianism, adopted the Nicene Creed; defined the very foundations of orthodoxy; defined a formal church structure above the local level.
What was the council decision for the Council of Chalcedon?
Affirmed that in Jesus there are two distinct natures in one person that are hypostatically united "without confusion, change, division or separation"; repudiated the Eutychianism and Monophysitism adopted the Chalcedonian Creed; Council is not accepted by the Oriental Orthodox branch of the church which has been accused of being monophysite. Note: The Armenian Apostolic church claims their teaching is misunderstood as monophysitism and so they refuse to accept the decrees of the Council with regard to monophysitism.
What was the council decision for the First Council of Constantinople?
Affirmed the full Deity of the Holy Spirit; affirmed that Jesus was perfectly man against the Apollinarians; revised the Nicene Creed into its present form which is used in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches; prohibited any further alteration of the Creed without the assent of an Ecumenical Council; stated that Constantinople should have "primacy of honor" after the bishop of Rome, on the ground that Constantinople was "the new Rome."
What was the council decision for the Council of Ephesus
Affirmed the sole authority of the creed of Nicaea; affirmed that Jesus is one person against Nestorianism; proclaimed the Virgin Mary as the Mother of God condemned Pelagianism; decision to condemn Nestoriansim caused a split in the Eastern Church which continues today.
Who is the author of Apollinarianism?
Apollinaris
What was the council decision for the Third Council of Constantinople?
Asserted that Jesus had both a divine and human will; repudiated Monotheitism; reaffirmed equal privilege of Constantinople with Rome while affirming church practices contrasting with those of Rome; further divided church between West and East.
Who is the author of Eutychianism?
Eutyches
What does Eutychianism teach?
How the human and divine relate within the person of Jesus Christ.
What does Apollinarianism teach?
Jesus had a normal human body but a divine mind instead of a regular human soul.
What is the danger of teaching Apollinarianism?
Jesus is fully God if you don't believe that then you don't believe in Jesus being God.
What verse exposes Apollinarianism?
John 1:14
What verse exposes Eutychianism?
John 1:14
Who is the author of Nestorianism?
Nestorius
What is the danger of teaching Nestorianism?
People can't think that Jesus is both and two separate people.
What is the danger of teaching Eutychianism?
People wouldn't think that other people can have a divine soul.
What was the council decision for the Second Council of Constantinople?
Reaffirmed decisions and doctrines explicated by previous Councils, condemned new Arian, Nestorian, and Monophysite writings; condemned Origenism; further divided church between West and East.
What was the council decision for the Second Council of Nicaea?
Restoration of the veneration of icons and end of the first iconoclasm. It is rejected by some Protestant denominations, who instead prefer the Council of Hieria, which had also described itself as the Seventh Ecumenical Council and had condemned the veneration of icons; too measures against monasticism which resulted in monastic refugees emigrating from imperially controlled territories in the East.
What does Nestorianism teach?
The doctrine that there were two separate persons, one human and one divine, in the incarnate Christ.
