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Hefele: A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. 3

Karl Joseph von Hefele · translated by William R. Clark and others · translation 1883

The standard council-by-council history, from the original documents: the councils 431 to 451.

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From the opening: Rev. Alexander Roberts, D.d., and James Donaldson, Ll.d

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Contents (141 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Title page (continued)
  3. Rev. Alexander Roberts, D.d., and James Donaldson, Ll.d
  4. Councils of the Church, from the Ae Documents
  5. Bishop of Rottenburg, Formerly Professor of Theology in the University of Tubingen
  6. Editor's Preface
  7. Chapters I–II
  8. Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus
  9. Proceedings with a View to Union Between Cyril and the
  10. Antiochenes. Overthrow of Nestorianism
  11. The Synods Held Before the Breaking Out of the
  12. The Synods Held Before the Breaking Out of the (continued)
  13. Eutyches and the Synod at Constantinople, A,d
  14. The Robber-Synod
  15. The Robber-Synod Is to Be Confronted by a New and Greater Council
  16. Chapter I — Preliminary History
  17. Pre-Nestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ
  18. Pre-Nestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ (continued)
  19. Prenestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ
  20. Prenestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ (continued)
  21. Prenestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ (continued)
  22. Prenestorian Doctrine on Union of Two Natures in Christ (continued)
  23. Synod at Alexandria
  24. Anathematisms of Cyril and of Nestorius
  25. Chapter III — Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus
  26. Chapter III — Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus (continued)
  27. Chapter III — Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus (continued)
  28. Chapter III — Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus (continued)
  29. Chapter III — Beginning, Conflict, and Victory of the Synod of Ephesus (continued)
  30. Letter of the Orthodox. Their Second Session, July 10. 61
  31. Letter of the Orthodox. Their Second Session, July 10. 63
  32. Fourth Session at Ephesus, July 16, 431
  33. Fourth Session at Ephesus, July 16, 431 (continued)
  34. Fourth Session at Ephesus, July 16, 431 (continued)
  35. Canon
  36. The second document belonging to this subject is a decree
  37. Both Parties at Ephesus Appeal to the Emperor
  38. Both Parties at Ephesus Appeal to the Emperor (continued)
  39. Both Parties at Ephesus Appeal to the Emperor (continued)
  40. Resolution of the Emperor
  41. The Creed of the Antiochenes
  42. The Creed of the Antiochenes (continued)
  43. The Emperor Summons Deputies from Both Sides
  44. The Emperor Decides in Favour of the Orthodox
  45. ‘The Emperor Decides in Favour of the Orthodox
  46. The Ephesine Synod Is Dissolved
  47. The Ephesine Synod Is Dissolved (continued)
  48. Slanders on Cyril and Pulcheria
  49. Proceedings with a View to Union Between Cyril and the Antiochenes. Overthrow of…
  50. The Rupture Still Continues
  51. The Pope and the Emperor Attempt to Mediate
  52. Paul of Emisa Is Sent to Alexandria to Mediate Peace
  53. Union-Creed of the Antiochenes: Accepted by Cyril
  54. Union-Creed of the Antiochenes: Accepted by Cyril (continued)
  55. Synod of the Antiochenes: Cyril’s Presents
  56. The Union Takes Place
  57. The Union Takes Place (continued)
  58. The Union Finds Opponents
  59. Attack upon Theodore of Mopsuestia
  60. Chapter I
  61. Chapter I (continued)
  62. Chapter I (continued)
  63. Chapter I (continued)
  64. Chapter I (continued)
  65. Chapter I (continued)
  66. Chapter I (continued)
  67. Chapter I (continued)
  68. Oriental Synods at Ephesus, Antioch, and Hierapolis
  69. Oriental Synods at Ephesus, Antioch, and Hierapolis (continued)
  70. Oriental Synods at Ephesus, Antioch, and Hierapolis (continued)
  71. Oriental Synods at Ephesus, Antioch, and Hierapolis (continued)
  72. Oriental Synods at Ephesus, Antioch, and Hierapolis (continued)
  73. Eutyches and the Synod at Constantinople, A.d. 448
  74. The Monophysites Begin the Conflict
  75. The Monophysites Begin the Conflict (continued)
  76. Eutyches and His Accusers
  77. Eutyches and His Accusers (continued)
  78. Pretended Falsification of the Synodal Acts
  79. Chapter III — The Robber-synod. Src. 175. Convocation of the Synod
  80. Chapter III — The Robber-synod. Src. 175. Convocation of the Synod (continued)
  81. Subsequent Letters of Leo on Account of Eutyches
  82. Subsequent Letters of Leo on Account of Eutyches (continued)
  83. The Proceedings at the Robber-Synod
  84. The Proceedings at the Robber-Synod (continued)
  85. Fortunes of Papal Legates Deputed to Robber-Synod
  86. The Robber-Synod Is to Be Confronted by a New and Greater Council
  87. Synods at Rome and Milan
  88. Synods at Rome and Milan (continued)
  89. Pulcheria and Marcian Come to the Throne
  90. Pope Leo Wishes to Restore Ecclesiastical Unity
  91. Pope Leo Wishes to Restore Ecclesiastical Unity (continued)
  92. The Emperor Marcian Summons an Œcumenical Council
  93. The Emperor Marcian Summons an Œcumenical Council (continued)
  94. The Emperor Marcian Summons an Cecumenical Council
  95. The Emperor Marcian Summons an Œcumenical Council
  96. The Fourth C cumenical Synod at Chalcedon, A.p
  97. Number and Place of the Sessions
  98. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates
  99. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates (continued)
  100. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates (continued)
  101. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates (continued)
  102. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates (continued)
  103. The Imperial Commissioners and the Papal Legates (continued)
  104. The second complaint was presented by the deacon Ischyrion
  105. Synod... to Dioscurus, Learn that, on account of despising
  106. Fourth Session, October
  107. Fourth Session, October (continued)
  108. Seventh and Eighth Sessions, October 26, 451
  109. Seventh and Eighth Sessions, October 26, 431
  110. Twelfth and Thirteenth Sessions, October 30, 451
  111. Twelfth and Thirteenth Sessions, October 30, 451 (continued)
  112. Twelfth and Thirteenth Sessions, October 30, 451 (continued)
  113. Twelfth and Thirteenth Sessions, October 30, 451 (continued)
  114. Sixteenth and Last Session, November 1, 451
  115. Sixteenth and Last Session, November 1, 451 (continued)
  116. Sixteenth and Last Session, November 1, 451 (continued)
  117. Synodal Letter to the Pope
  118. Synodal Letter to the Pope (continued)
  119. The Pope Rejects the 28th Canon
  120. The Pope Rejects the 28th Canon (continued)
  121. The Pope Rejects the 28th Canon (continued)
  122. The Emperor Confirms the Synod of Chalcedon
  123. The Greeks Seem to Sacrifice the 28th Canon
  124. The Greeks Seem to Sacrifice the 28th Canon (continued)
  125. The Greeks Seem to Sacrifice the 28th Canon (continued)
  126. Publisher's catalogue
  127. Publisher's catalogue (continued)
  128. Publisher's catalogue (continued)
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  134. Publisher's catalogue (continued)
  135. Publisher's catalogue (continued)
  136. Publisher's catalogue (continued)
  137. Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament
  138. Publisher's catalogue
  139. Keil and Delitzsch’s Introduction to and Commentaries on the Old Testament
  140. Publisher's catalogue
  141. Publisher's catalogue (continued)

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Karl Joseph von Hefele. Hefele: A History of the Councils of the Church, Vol. 3. Translated by William R. Clark and others. Internet Archive, translation 1883. https://archive.org/details/historyofcouncil03hefeuoft
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