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- Origins
The Council of Ephesus (431)
The third ecumenical council. Two rival councils in one city, a patriarch deposed in a day, and the decision that Mary may be called Mother of God because her son is one person.
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The First Council of Constantinople (381)
The second ecumenical council. A gathering of Eastern bishops, unrecognised at first in the West, that confessed the Holy Spirit and adopted the creed Catholics now say every Sunday.
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The First Council of Nicaea (325)
The first of the seven ecumenical councils. Called by an emperor to settle whether the Son is God, it gave us the word “consubstantial” and a creed that did not end the argument.