The records of the Third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus, which was held in 431, form the most important source basis for studies on the first phase of the Christological disputes of the 5th century. This dispute arose over the question of whether it was compatible with the true faith to refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, as the “Mother of God”. The core issue was how the incarnation of Jesus Christ could be described theologically in an appropriate way.
The Acts were published by Eduard Schwartz between 1923 and 1929 as the first large volume in the Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum (ACO) series. The volume contains five sub-volumes and over 1700 pages of Greek and Latin text and includes not only sources documenting the course and negotiations of the actual council, but also the pre- and post-history of the dispute: from its beginnings in 428, through the bishops' assembly convened to clarify the issue, to the provisional agreement reached in 433.
The publication presented here is the first in a series which aims to translate the documents in Schwartz's collection into modern language for the first time, to comment on them in detail and to arrange them in such a way that the course of the Council and its history become immediately transparent for readers.
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The first volume of the annotated translation of the Acts of the 3rd Ecumenical Council has just been published!
The volume was edited by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kinzig and Dr. Thomas Brüggemann and edited by Dr. Thomas Brüggemann and Dr. Sabine Lütkemeyer with the assistance of Dr. Julia Beier.
The project 'The Acts of the Council of Ephesus 431: Translation, Introduction, Commentary and Index', from which this volume originates, is being funded by the DFG as part of a long-term project. Two further volumes will follow in 2025 and 2026.
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