Part 2 Early Christianity (Talking about the First 7 Ecumenical Councils)

PART 2 (SEE PART 1 FOR OTHER NOTES AS THE LIMIT IS 4000 WORD COUNT).
Council of Ephesus 431 AD https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus.

Nestorianism- related to the original teachings of Christian theologian Nestorius (d. c. 450 AD), who promoted specific doctrines in the fields of Christology and Mariology. The second meaning of the term is much wider, and relates to a set of later theological teachings, that were traditionally labeled as Nestorian, but differ from the teachings of Nestorius in origin, scope and terminology.[2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines Nestorianism as "The doctrine of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople (appointed in 428), by which Christ is asserted to have had distinct human and divine persons." Theotokos- The title of Mother of God (Greek: Μήτηρ (τοῦ) Θεοῦ) or Mother of Incarnate God. Pelagianis - the original sin did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection.


Council of Chalcedon 451 AD https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon. (Not all churches accepted this council).

The judgments issued at the Second Council of Ephesus in 449, the alleged offences of Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria, the relationship between the divinity and humanity of Christ, many disputes involving particular bishops and sees


Second Council of Constantinople 553 AD https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople.

Nestorianism- (see above definitions). Monophysitism- Greek μόνος monos, "solitary"[2] and φύσις physis, "nature") is a Christology that states that in the person of the incarnated Word (that is, in Jesus Christ) there was only one nature—the divine. Origenis- Origenist crises or Origenist controversies. [THIS IS CONFUSING AND IM NOT YET SURE IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND IT]. Origen was considered heretical and to have influenced many. Origen taught that, before the creation of the material universe, God had created the souls of all the intelligent beings. These souls, at first fully devoted to God, fell away from him and were given physical bodies. Origen was the first to propose the ransom theory of atonement in its fully developed form, and he also significantly contributed to the development of the concept of the Trinity. Origen hoped that all people might eventually attain salvation, but was always careful to maintain that this was only speculation. He defended free will and advocated Christian pacifism.
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Third Council of Constantinople 680-681 AD https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Constantinople.
Monothelitism, the human and divine wills of Jesus. Monothelitism- Christ as having only one will. The doctrine is thus contrary to dyothelitism, a Christological doctrine that holds Christ as having two wills (divine and human).


SECOND Council of Nicea in 787 AD https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils. Iconoclasm- Byzantine Iconoclasm was started by a ban on religious images promulgated by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian,[3] and continued under his successors.[4] It was accompanied by widespread destruction of religious images and persecution of supporters of the veneration of images. The Papacy remained firmly in support of the use of religious images throughout the period.