Sunday, September 18, 2005

Early Church Council Song (Tune of Gilligan's Island)

The Council of Nicaea was held in 325
It was called by Constantine since Arius’s view didn’t jive
Arius said Christ isn’t God, the council said you’re wrong
Homoousious is the way to go, your view does not belong.

Then it’s in Constantinople in 381
Apollinaris is the next to go, his view to be undone
The council was convened by Theodosius the first
Apollinaris said Christ’s not human, this view was dispersed.

The 3rd council in 431 was at Ephesus
Christ is 2 separate people was claimed by Nestorius
This was the first of the councils called by Theodosius number 2
The robber council of 449 was Ephesus II

451 at Chalcedon was the last of councils called
for declaring Christ is 1 nature, Eutyches in was hauled
Pulcheria and Marcian affirmed Leo’s tome
Constantinople though 2nd is equal in honor to Rome.

These are the imperial councils of the early church
Through them orthodoxy was defined as for Christ they did search
The councils were designed to refute all opposition
That is why now we have the Chalcedonian Definition.

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