Extracts from the Acts. Session I
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Council of Ephesus (431)
Roman mosaicist, Annunciation, triumphal arch mosaic, 432–440 · Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome · Public domainRoman mosaicist, Annunciation, triumphal arch mosaic, 432–440, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
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The third ecumenical council, called under Theodosius II and led by Cyril of Alexandria. It condemned Nestorius and affirmed that Mary is rightly called Theotokos, because the one born of her is the Word of God made flesh. Its own texts are on this site in Henry R. Percival's 1900 translation.