Thieves' Church Council - Thieves' Church Council

Japanese: 盗賊教会会議 - とうぞくきょうかいかいぎ

An ecumenical council held in Ephesus, Asia Minor, in 449. It is also known as the "Robber Council." It was held the previous year to discuss the issue of Eutyches, who had been declared a Monophysite heretic. The Monophysite Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria dominated the council by force, and passed a resolution to reinstate Eutyches and dismiss Bishop Flaviano (Flavianus) of Constantinople and others, proclaiming the victory of Monophysitism. However, with the sudden death of Emperor Theodosius II, the Church's trends changed, and the Council of Chalcedon (451) annulled the name of the council and all of the decisions of the Council of Ephesus.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

449年，小アジアのエフェソスで開かれた公会議。〈強盗会議〉ともいう。前年，単性論で異端とされたエウテュケスの問題をめぐって開催された。単性論派のアレクサンドリア主教ディオスコロスが実力で会議を支配し，エウテュケスの復位，コンスタンティノープル主教フラビアノス(フラウィアヌス)その他の罷免を決議し，単性論の勝利をうたった。しかし皇帝テオドシウス2世の急死とともに教会の動向が変わり，カルケドン公会議(451)は，エフェソス会議の公会議の名称と決議すべてを取り消した。

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