Councils
Acts, affirmations, and anathemas
Learn about the Oriental Orthodox Church— its decrees, its doctrine, its history— from the writings and records of the church councils.
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200 – 299 AD
Council of Carthage I (256)
- Canons 🚧
300 – 399 AD
Council of Neocaesarea (315)
- Canons 🚧
Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325)
- Nicene Creed 🚧
- Canons 🚧
- Synodal Letter 🚧
Council of Gangra (340)
- Canons 🚧
Council of Sardica (343)
- Canons 🚧
Council of Laodicea (364)
- Canons 🚧
Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (381)
- Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed 🚧
- Canons 🚧
- Synodal Letter 🚧
400 – 499 AD
Ecumenical Council of Ephesus (431)
- Canons 🚧
- Synodal Letter to the Synod in Pamphylia🚧
- Synodal Letter to Archbishop Celestine🚧
- Letter of Archbishop Celestine 🚧
- 12 Anathemas Against Nestorius 🚧
- Decree Against Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople 🚧
- Decree Against the Messalians (A.K.A. Euchites or Enthusiasts) 🚧
Council of Shahapivan (444)
- Canons 🚧
Second Council of Ephesus (449)
- Order of Emperor Theodosius II 🚧
- Letter of Dioscorus to Domnus 🚧
- Letter of Dioscorus to the Bishops 🚧
- Letter of Domnus to Dioscorus 🚧
- Deposition of Daniel, Bishop of Harran 🚧
- Deposition of Irenaeus, Bishop of Tyre 🚧
- Deposition of Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus 🚧
- Documents Raised Against Domnus, Bishop of Antioch 🚧
1900 – 1999 AD
Ecumenical Conference of Addis Ababa (1965)
- Letter of the Emperor to the Churches 🚧
- Inaugural Speech of the Emperor 🚧
- Pre-Conference Welcoming Speech 🚧