The Council of Ephesus of 431

Documents and Proceedings

Richard Price, Thomas Graumann

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Liverpool University Press
14 January 2022

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Religion & beliefs; Christian theology

Series: Translated Texts for Historians

The First Council of Ephesus (431) was the climax of the so-called Nestorian Controversy. Convoked by the emperor Theodosius II to restore peace to the Church, it immediately divided into two rival councils, both meeting at Ephesus. Attempts by the emperor’s representatives to get the bishops on both sides to meet together had no success, and after four months the council was dissolved without having ever properly met. But a number of decrees by the larger of the two rival councils, in particular the condemnation of Nestorius of Constantinople, were subsequently accepted as

the valid decrees of the ‘ecumenical council of Ephesus’. The documentation, consisting of conciliar proceedings, letters and other documents, provides information not only about events in Ephesus itself, but also about lobbying and public demonstrations in Constantinople. There is no episode in late Roman history where we are so well informed about how politics were conducted in the imperial capital. This makes the Acts a document of first importance for the history of the Later Roman Empire as well for that of the Church.

By: Richard Price
Introduction and notes by: Thomas Graumann
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 72
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 147mm,
ISBN: 9781789621488
ISBN 10: 1789621488
Series: Translated Texts for Historians
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 14 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Price is Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, Heythrop College and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London. His many previous publications include The Acts of the Lateran Synod of 649 (with P. Booth & C. Cubitt, Liverpool 2014), The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (Liverpool 2018), The Council of Ephesus of 431 (with T. Graumann, Liverpool 2020), Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2) (Liverpool 2020) and The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 869-70 (with Federico Montinaro, Liverpool 2022). Thomas Graumann is Reader in Ancient Church History and Patristic Studies at Cambridge University. His previous publications include Die Kirche der Väter (Tübingen 2002); Theodosius II and the politics of the first Council of Ephesus, in: Theodosius II: Rethinking the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity (Cambridge 2013) 109–129; Documents, Acts and Archival Habits in Early Christian Church Councils: A case study, in: Manuscripts and Archives (Berlin 2018) 273-294.

Reviews for The Council of Ephesus of 431: Documents and Proceedings

‘Richard Price [has made] translated texts for historians... available to a wider scholarly public... In this way, future research will have much easier access to difficult complex of traditions.’ Wolfram Kinzig, Plekos (translated from German) ‘[S]ophisticated and nuanced historical narrative... an extraordinary contribution to scholarship on the council and on the development of fifth-century theology and ecclesiastical politics.’ Nathan Porter, Vigiliae Christianae