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Nestorianism

Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate

16 dated entries naming Nestorianism, drawn from 16 separate years between 386 CE and 1075 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 386Nestorius, founder of Nestorianism (approximate date)source

5th century

  • 428April 10 – Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine, that will be called Nestorianism. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of Jesus, but comes under immediate attack from Pope Celestine I, and Cyril of Alexandria.source
  • 431June – First Council of Ephesus: Nestorianism is rejected; the Nicene Creed is declared to be complete. Nestorius is deposed from his see.source
  • 432July 27 – Pope Celestine I dies after a 10-year reign in which he led a vigorous policy against Nestorianism. He is succeeded by Sixtus III as the 44th pope.source
  • 433Pope Sixtus III helps to settle a Christological dispute between the patriarchs Cyril of Alexandria and John of Antioch, that has continued since the First Council of Ephesus, two years ago. They sign the "Formula of Reunion", thus ending their conflict over Nestorianism.source
  • 435Ibas is elected bishop of Edessa. He becomes associated with the growth of Nestorianism and openly preaching heretical doctrines in public.source
  • 441Pulcheria leaves for the seaport Hebdomon (Turkey), and becomes a nun to support Nestorianism in the Holy Land (Palestine).source
  • 461November 10 – Pope Leo I dies at Rome, age 61 (approximate), after a 21-year reign in which he has resisted Manichaeism and defended the Church against Nestorianism. He is succeeded by Hilarius as the 46th pope.source
  • 486Persian Christians who follow Nestorianism gather in the second Council of Seleucia (modern Turkey).source
  • 489Emperor Zeno closes the School of Edessa (modern Turkey) for their teaching of Nestorian doctrine, whereupon the scholars seek refuge at the Syriac Church of the East.source

7th century

  • 635Christian missionaries arrive in China: Alopen, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, preaches Nestorian Christianity in the Tang dynasty capital, Chang'an.source

8th century

  • 781Nestorians in China build Christian monasteries, and erect the Nestorian Stele (approximate date).source

9th century

  • 845Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution: Emperor Wu Zong begins the persecution of Buddhists and other foreign religions in China, such as Zoroastrianism, Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism. More than 4,600 monasteries, 40,000 temples and numerous shrines are destroyed. More than 260,000 Buddhist monks and nuns are forced to return to secular life.source

11th century

  • 1007The Keraites, a Turco-Mongolian tribe, are converted to Nestorianism (a sect of Christianity).source
  • 1038Ibn Butlan, Arab Nestorian Christian physician (d. 1075)source
  • 1075Ibn Butlan, Arab Nestorian Christian physician (b. 1038)source

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