Christ and the Councils Chart

Question 1

Council of Nicea: Date?

Answer 1

325

Question 2

Council of Nicea: Heretic?

Answer 2

Arius

Question 3

Council of Nicea: Heresy?

Answer 3

Denial of the full deity of Christ

Question 4

Council of Nicea: Orthodoxy

Answer 4

Christ is fully divine; of the same substance as the Father

Question 5

Council of Nicea: Victor?

Answer 5

Athansius

Question 6

Council of Constantinople: Date?

Answer 6

381

Question 7

Council of Constantinople: Heretic?

Answer 7

Apollinarius

Question 8

Council of Constantinople: Heresy?

Answer 8

Denial of full humanity of Christ (human body with a divine mind)

Question 9

Council of Constantinople: Orthodoxy?

Answer 9

Christ is fully human

Question 10

Council of Constantinople: Victor

Answer 10

The Cappadocian Fathers (Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus)

Question 11

Council of Ephesus: Date?

Answer 11

431

Question 12

Council of Ephesus: Heretic?

Answer 12

Nestorius

Question 13

Council of Ephesus: Heresy?

Answer 13

Divided the two natures (virtually two persons)

Question 14

Council of Ephesus: Orthodoxy?

Answer 14

Christ is one person

Question 15

Council of Ephesus: Victor?

Answer 15

Cyril of Alexandria

Question 16

Council of Chalcedon: Date?

Answer 16

451

Question 17

Council of Chalcedon: Heretic?

Answer 17

Eutyches

Question 18

Council of Chalcedon: Heresy?

Answer 18

Confused the two natures (one “blended nature”)

Question 19

Council of Chalcedon: Orthodoxy?

Answer 19

Christ is two natures (two natures are: unmixed, unchanged, unseparated, undivided)

Question 20

Council of Chalcedon: Victor?

Answer 20

Pope Leo