Church of the East

thumb|A depiction of Nestorius being defrocked and having his vestments removed at the [[Council of Ephesus. A 15c mural in Ferapontov Monastery.]] Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinally distinct sets of teachings that fall under the umbrella term Dyophysitism, such as two natures in Christ (human and Divine) or two persons in Christ (the Man and the Word). The extent to which those two definitions are actually distinct is also debatable. The first meaning of the term is related to the teachings of Christian the

ecumenical council in Ephesus in June–July 431, convened by Emperor Theodosius II

traditional church of Mesopotamia and India

Christian religious rite

Christian catechetical school

Council that legalized the Christian Church in Sassanid Empire (410)

cross associated with the Church of the East

schism between the Christian churches of Sassanid Persia affiliated with Nestorius and churches that rejected him, arising out of a Christological dispute, caused by the Council of Ephesus (431)

Church of the East divided into one faction in communion with Rome and the other remaining independent until the 19th century

three-day fast in Syriac Christianity

Eucharist in East Syriac Christianity