ABSTRACT
The Nestorian controversy has an extensive literature. Apart from the classical works of Hefele, Loofs, Sellers, Kelly, Scipioni, Grillmeier, Hainthaler and others, Prof. Luise Abramowski has brought to light, and continues to furnish, an impressive amount of invaluable new data on Nestorius and Antiochene theology in general, whilst Prof. Jean-Noël Guinot excels in his research concerning Theodoret. A fairly recent presentation of the events has been produced in this series by Norman Russell.2 I shall therefore try to summarise the events leading up to Ephesus and its aftermath mainly from Theodoret’s viewpoint.
