Nestorius, deposed patriarch of Constantinople
c. c. 386 – c. 451
Place: constantinople
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Attested. The 'Nestorian' label is a hostile outsider name that the Church of the East did not use for itself.
Nestorius was a monk from Antioch who became patriarch in 428, was deposed in 431 and died in exile in Egypt. The Church of the East honored the theology of Theodore rather than Nestorius himself, but outsiders, including later Muslim writers, called that church 'Nestorian' (Nasatira).
People named here
- Nestorius
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People and office
Out
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 'the Interpreter'
Nestorius came from the Antiochene school associated with Theodore.
student_of
attested
Conflict and authority
In
Council of Ephesus (431): Mary as Theotokos
Ephesus deposed Nestorius.
condemned
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Sources
- Wikipedia: Nestorius
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- Wikipedia: Nestorianism
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