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What year did the council of Nicaea occur?

  • 325 A.D.
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What year did The council of Constantinople I occur?

381 A.D.

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What year did the council of Ephesus occur?

431 A.D.

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How many bishops attended the council of Nicaea

318 bishops

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What are the 3 councils that are recognized by the oriental churches including the Coptic the church?

  • Nicene I
  • Constantinople I
  • Ephesus
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Who was the protagonist of the Nicaea Council?

  • Saint Athanasius
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Who was the pope at the time of Constantinople I council?

Pope Timothy

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Who was the emperor at the time of the council of Ephesus?

Emperor Theodosius II

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What was the name of the person who started the Hersey that lead to the council of Nicaea?

Arius

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Who was the emperor at the time of Constantinople I council?

Emperor Theodosius I

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Who was the Emperor at the time of Council Nicaea?

Emperor Constantine I

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How many bishops attended the council of Constantinople I?

  • 150 bishops
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Who was the pope that stood against Nestorius and how many bishops attended the council?

  • Pope Cyril Of Alexandria the 24th
  • 200 bishops
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What are the 5 historic Patriarch centers in the church before any splits?

Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Alexandria, and Constantinople

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What is the problem with Arius heresy?

If Jesus is subordinate to the Father then He is not a God therefore our salvation is not accomplished

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What did Arius claim?

  • He blasphemed against the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ by saying that he was not equal in essence to God, His Father, and there was a time when the Son did not exist.
  • The Son was created
  • God is without beginning, the Son has a beginning
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Who was the heretic that led to the council of Constantinople and what did he Claim?

  • Macedonius
  • denial of the divinity of the Holy Spirit.
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Who was the heretic the led to the council of Ephesus and what did he claim?

  • Nestorius
  • He believed that St. Mary gave birth to a mere human
  • That Jesus Christ has 2 natures “sometimes God, sometimes Human”
  • That saint Mary would be called the "Mother of Jesus" (Christokos), and not the "Mother of God" (Theotokos).
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What do we say in the liturgy about the nature and union of Christ?

  • His Godhead never departed from His manhood for a single moment nor even for a twinkle of an eye.
  • إن لاهوته لم يفارق ناسوته لحظة واحدة ولا طرفة عين".
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Where did Nestorius go after the council?

Exiled to Egypt, to where Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite is.

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What were the outcomes of the council of Nicaea

  • The First part of the Creed was established.
  • We believe in one God,1  God the Father, the Pantocrator,2 Who created heaven and earth, and all things, seen and unseen 3. We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ 4, the Only-Begotten Son of God 5, begotten of the Father before all ages 6; 
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What was the outcome of the council of Constantinople?

  • Added a second part to the creed
  • We worship the Holy spirit the same way we worship the Father and the Son as they are inseparable.
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What was the outcome of the council of Ephesus?

  • Pope Cyril said: the God ONE NATURE of the incarnate God the Logos. Meaning He was never separated
  • The Lord Jesus Christ is God Himself, the Incarnate Logos.
  • Divine nature is one with his human nature yet without mingling, confusion or alteration; a complete Hypostatic Union
  • this union is permanent, never divided nor separated
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What Verse from the bible describes that the nature of God was never separated?

"Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, (1 Tim. 3:16).

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Recite the added part of the Creed that was added after the council of Constantinople, in English

Yes, we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the Life-Giver, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified..

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