Council of Ephesus
Concilium Ephesinum · AD 431 · Ephesus
Canon 1 Denz. 113
Si quis non confitetur Deum veraciter esse Emmanuel et propterea Dei genitricem sanctam Virginem, peperit enim secundum carnem, carnem factum Dei Verbum secundum quod scriptum est: Verbum caro factum est; anathema sit.
If anyone will not confess that the Emmanuel is very God, and that therefore the Holy Virgin is the Mother of God (Theotokos), inasmuch as in the flesh she bore the Word of God made flesh [as it is written, "The Word was made flesh"] let him be anathema.
Canon 2 Denz. 114
Si quis non confitetur carni secundum subsistentiam unitum Dei Patris Verbum, unumque esse Christum cum propria carne, eumdem scilicet Deum simul et hominem; anathema sit.
If anyone shall not confess that the Word of God the Father is united hypostatically to flesh, and that with that flesh of his own, he is one only Christ both God and man at the same time: let him be anathema.
Canon 3 Denz. 115
Si quis in uno Christo dividit substantias post unitatem, sola eas connexione conjungens ea quae secundum dignitatem est vel etiam auctoritatem aut potestatem, ac non potius conventu, qui per unitatem factus est naturalem; anathema sit.
If anyone shall after the [hypostatic] union divide the hypostases in the one Christ, joining them by that connexion alone, which happens according to worthiness, or even authority and power, and not rather by a coming together (sunodo), which is made by natural union (henosin phusiken): let him be anathema.
Canon 4 Denz. 116
Si quis personis duabus vel subsistentiis eas voces quae in apostolicis scriptis continentur et evangelicis, dividit, vel quae de Christo a sanctis dicuntur vel ab ipso etiam de se ipso, et aliquas quidem ex his velut homini qui praeter Dei Verbum specialiter intelligatur, aptaverit, illas autem tanquam Deo dignas soli Dei Patris Verbo deputaverit; anathema sit.
If anyone shall divide between two persons or subsistences those expressions (phonas) which are contained in the Evangelical and Apostolical writings, or which have been said concerning Christ by the Saints, or by himself, and shall apply some to him as to a man separate from the Word of God, and shall apply others to the only Word of God the Father, on the ground that they are fit to be applied to God: let him be anathema.
Canon 5 Denz. 117
Si quis audet dicere Christum hominem theophoron, id est Deum ferentem, ac non potius Deum esse veraciter dixerit, tanquam Filium per naturam secundum quod Verbum caro factum est, et communicaverit similiter ut nos carni et sanguini; anathema sit.
If anyone shall dare to say that the Christ is a Theophorus [that is, God-bearing] man and not rather that he is very God, as an only Son through nature, because "the Word was made flesh," and "hath a share in flesh and blood as we do:" let him be anathema.
Canon 6 Denz. 118
Si quis dicit Deum esse vel Dominum Christi Dei Patris Verbum, et non magis eumdem ipsum confitetur Deum simul et hominem, propterea quod Verbum caro factum est secundum Scripturas; anathema sit.
If anyone shall dare say that the Word of God the Father is the God of Christ or the Lord of Christ, and shall not rather confess him as at the same time both God and Man, since according to the Scriptures, "The Word was made flesh": let him be anathema.
Canon 7 Denz. 119
Si quis velut hominem Jesum operatione Dei Verbi dicit adjutum, et unigeniti gloriam tanquam alteri praeter ipsum existenti tribuit; anathema sit.
If anyone shall say that Jesus as man is only energized by the Word of God, and that the glory of the Only-begotten is attributed to him as something not properly his: let him be anathema.
Canon 8 Denz. 120
Si quis audet dicere assumptum hominem coadorandum Deo Verbo, et conglorificandum, et conuncupandum Deum tanquam alterum cum altero, nam cum syllaba semper adjecta hoc cogit intelligi, et non potius una supplicatione veneratur Emmanuel, unamque ei glorificationem dependit juxta quod Verbum caro factum est; anathema sit.
If anyone shall dare to say that the assumed man (analephthenta ) ought to be worshipped together with God the Word, and glorified together with him, and recognised together with him as God, and yet as two different things, the one with the other (for this "Together with" is added [i.e., by the Nestorians] to convey this meaning); and shall not rather with one adoration worship the Emmanuel and pay to him one glorification, as [it is written] "The Word was made flesh": let him be anathema.
Canon 9 Denz. 121
Si quis unum Dominum Jesum Christum glorificatum dicit ab Spiritu sancto, tanquam qui aliena virtute per eum usus fuerit, et ab eo acceperit efficaciam contra immundos spiritus, posse et hominibus divina signa perficere, ac non potius proprium fatetur ejus Spiritum per quem divina signa complevit; anathema sit.
If any man shall say that the one Lord Jesus Christ was glorified by the Holy Ghost, so that he used through him a power not his own and from him received power against unclean spirits and power to work miracles before men and shall not rather confess that it was his own Spirit through which he worked these divine signs; let him be anathema.
Canon 10 Denz. 122
Pontificem et apostolum confessionis nostrae factum esse Christum divina Scriptura commemorat; obtulit autem semetipsum pro nobis in odorem suavitatis Deo et Patri. Si quis ergo pontificem et apostolum nostrum dicit factum non ipsum Dei Verbum, quando caro factum est, et juxta nos hominem, sed velut alterum praeter ipsum specialiter hominem ex muliere; aut quis dicit et pro se obtulisse semetipsum oblationem et non potius pro nobis solis, non enim eguit oblatione qui peccatum omnino nescivit; anathema sit.
Whosoever shall say that it is not the divine Word himself, when he was made flesh and had become man as we are, but another than he, a man born of a woman, yet different from him (idikos anthropon), who is become our Great High Priest and Apostle; or if any man shall say that he offered himself in sacrifice for himself and not rather for us, whereas, being without sin, he had no need of offering or sacrifice: let him be anathema.
Canon 11 Denz. 123
Si quis non confitetur carnem Domini vivificatricem esse et propriam ipsius Verbi Dei Patris, sed velut alterius praeter ipsum conjuncti eidem per dignitatem, aut quasi divinam habentis habitationem, et non potius ut diximus vivificatricem esse, quia facta est propria Verbi cuncta vivificare valentis; anathema sit.
Whosoever shall not confess that the flesh of the Lord giveth life and that it pertains to the Word of God the Father as his very own, but shall pretend that it belongs to another person who is united to him [i.e., the Word] only according to honour, and who has served as a dwelling for the divinity; and shall not rather confess, as we say, that that flesh giveth life because it is that of the Word who giveth life to all: let him be anathema.
Canon 12 Denz. 124
Si quis non confitetur Dei Verbum passum carne, crucifixum carne, et mortem carne gustasse, factumque primogenitum ex mortuis, secundum quod vita est et vivificator ut Deus; anathema sit.
Whosoever shall not recognize that the Word of God suffered in the flesh, that he was crucified in the flesh, and that likewise in that same flesh he tasted death and that he is become the first-begotten of the dead, for, as he is God, he is the life and it is he that giveth life: let him be anathema.