The Councils That Defined the Faith

A Study of Six Ecumenical Councils (381–787 AD) and Their Legacy Today

Prof. Dr. Larry Adams

A Note to the Reader

All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV). Bracketed numbers [1] refer to the End References.

Contents

1. Introduction: Why Councils?
2. First Council of Constantinople (381 AD)
3. Council of Ephesus (431 AD)
4. Council of Chalcedon (451 AD)
5. Second Council of Constantinople (553 AD)
6. Third Council of Constantinople (680–681 AD)
7. Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD)
8. How the Councils Shape Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Churches Today
9. Heresies at a Glance and Their Modern Echoes
10. End References