What religious council formally condemned Nestorius for heresy?
The Council of Ephesus
The Council of Chalcedon
The Council of Nicea
The Council of Constantinople
Answer
The Council of Ephesus, convened in 431 CE, vehemently condemned Nestorius for promulgating heretical views. Nestorius, the former Patriarch of Constantinople, propounded a theological doctrine known as Nestorianism, which asserted a strict separation between the divine and human natures of Jesus Christ.
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