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The Nicene Creed and the Reception of Converts at the First Council of Ephesus

The Nicene Creed and the Reception of Converts at the First Council of Ephesus The Nicene Creed and the Reception of Converts at the First CouncH of Ephesus RICHARD PRICE / LONDON The reconciliation ofheretics The reception of converts from heresy or schism goes back to the earliest period in the history of the Church. The use of coercion through recourse to state power even precedes the conversion of Constantine. The Council of Antioch of 268 had led to a schism in the city between the supporters and the opponents of Paul of Samosata. When the emperor Aurelian arrived in the city in 272, he received an appeal from Paul's opponents, and duly re­ stored to them the cathedral and episcopal residence that Paul had been occupying; we may presume that along with the cathedral went the aIle­ giance of most of the Christi ans of the cityl. From the time of the conver­ sion of Constantine, the scope for the admission of schismatics into the Church, under a combination of ecclesiastical and state pressure, was, of course, much greater, and Constantine's own involvement in an attempted solution to the Donatist schism and in the repression of more ancient here­ sies is weIl known. Pressure on schismatics intensified in the early decades of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum Brill

The Nicene Creed and the Reception of Converts at the First Council of Ephesus

Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum , Volume 44 (1): 16 – Jun 20, 2012

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2589-0433
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The Nicene Creed and the Reception of Converts at the First CouncH of Ephesus RICHARD PRICE / LONDON The reconciliation ofheretics The reception of converts from heresy or schism goes back to the earliest period in the history of the Church. The use of coercion through recourse to state power even precedes the conversion of Constantine. The Council of Antioch of 268 had led to a schism in the city between the supporters and the opponents of Paul of Samosata. When the emperor Aurelian arrived in the city in 272, he received an appeal from Paul's opponents, and duly re­ stored to them the cathedral and episcopal residence that Paul had been occupying; we may presume that along with the cathedral went the aIle­ giance of most of the Christi ans of the cityl. From the time of the conver­ sion of Constantine, the scope for the admission of schismatics into the Church, under a combination of ecclesiastical and state pressure, was, of course, much greater, and Constantine's own involvement in an attempted solution to the Donatist schism and in the repression of more ancient here­ sies is weIl known. Pressure on schismatics intensified in the early decades of

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Published: Jun 20, 2012

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