Dates
Romans destroy the temple and city of Jerusalem.
70 AD
Called by Constantine to discuss the Arian heresy and resulted in “Consubstantialem Patri”.
Christ was a man in whom God dwelt.
Nestorianism
Leader of the Mongolian Huns.
Atilla
This is the pivotal moment of all of history.
Incarnation
Constantine legalizes Christianity through the Edict of Milan.
313 AD
This council responded to the Nestorian and Monophysite heresies with the Hypostatic Union.
Chalcedon
God created good and Satan created evil.
Manicheaism
Ostrogoth general who caused the fall of Rome.
Odoacer
Christ has two natures in one Divine Person.
Hypostatic Union
The Western Roman Empire falls.
476 AD
This council declared the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Constantinople
Jesus has one divine nature that contains his humanity.
Monophysism
Ostrogoth king who killed his general and rule Rome for 33 years.
Theodoric
This Greek word means “same substance.”
Homoousious
Diocletian divides the Roman Empire into East and West.
286 AD
Nestorius was excommunicated at this council.
Ephesus
We can get to heaven on our own and don’t have original sin.
Pelagianism
Leader of the Franks who converted to Catholicism.
Clovis
These controversies dealt with the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation.
Theological
Alaric unites the Visigoths and Ostrogoths to sack Rome.
410 AD
This council forbade fornication and solidified Peter as Pope, head of the Church.
Jerusalem
The validity of a sacrament depends on the holiness of the minister.
Donatism
Geneseric
Total rejection of the Christian Faith.
Apostasy