First seven Ecumenical Councils

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According to the Eastern Orthodox ,Catholic and Anglican churches the period of Christianity from the First Council of Nicaea (325) to the Second Council of Nicaea (787) is called the period of the Seven Ecumenical Councils.

The Oriental Orthodox churches only recognise the first three of which as ecumenical and consider the second Council of Ephesus (449) as a credible to be the Fourth Ecumenical Council. The second Council of Ephesus rejected Nestorianism. Pope Dioscorus found Eutyches to be Orthodox. Dioscorus, however, declared anathema to Eutyches shortly after the Council of Chalcedon. This council is not recognized by the Chalcedonians (Western Catholics & Byzantine Orthodox, and Protestants).


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