Council of Ephesus on Election & predestination
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"if any metropolitan of a province ... has adopted or shall hereafter adopt the doctrines of Celestius, this man shall have no power over the bishops of the province."
THE POSITION
Unlike the fourth-century councils, Ephesus is not innocent of this question — it condemned Celestius, Pelagius's leading disciple, by name, and so ratified the Western condemnation of Pelagianism at the ecumenical level. But the condemnation is by person, not by exposition. Nothing in the canons read here, or in Cyril's Twelve Anathemas, states on what basis God chooses. Augustine had died the previous year having written On the Predestination of the Saints; the category was fully available in 431 and this council did not take it up.
WHAT OTHERS HOLD HERE
ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Affirmed Mary as Theotokos and the unity of Christ's person against Nestorius. Closed creed-making beyond Nicaea, and condemned the Pelagian Celestius.
Cite this page
"Council of Ephesus on Election & predestination", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ephesus-431/election (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ephesus-431/election).