Council of Ephesus
Council of Ephesus, Cyril of Alexandria: Anathema I
Selected letters, decrees and canons, including Cyril’s anathemas with reception notes; not the full proceedings
Cyril of Alexandria: Anathema I
If anyone will not confess that the Emmanuel is very God, and that therefore the Holy Virgin is the Mother of God (Θεοτόκος), 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.
Edition and transmission
Cyril of Alexandria authored this text. The source editor discusses uncertainty about its formal approval at Ephesus and its subsequent conciliar reception. It is preserved as received doctrinal material, not as an undisputed text newly authored by the council.
Translation: Henry R. Percival, The Seven Ecumenical Councils, NPNF II.14 (1900), via CCEL.
Source: Council of Ephesus (CCEL)