<P> The third Ecumenical Council ( Council of Ephesus of 431 ) reaffirmed the original 325 version of the Nicene Creed and declared that `` it is unlawful for any man to bring forward , or to write , or to compose a different ( ἑτέραν ) faith as a rival to that established by the holy Fathers assembled with the Holy Ghost in Nicaea '' ( i.e. , the 325 creed ) . The word ἑτέραν is more accurately translated as used by the Council to mean `` different '' , `` contradictory '' , rather than `` another '' . This statement has been interpreted as a prohibition against changing this creed or composing others , but not all accept this interpretation . This question is connected with the controversy whether a creed proclaimed by an Ecumenical Council is definitive in excluding not only excisions from its text but also additions to it . </P>
<P> The third Ecumenical Council ( Council of Ephesus of 431 ) reaffirmed the original 325 version of the Nicene Creed and declared that `` it is unlawful for any man to bring forward , or to write , or to compose a different ( ἑτέραν ) faith as a rival to that established by the holy Fathers assembled with the Holy Ghost in Nicaea '' ( i.e. , the 325 creed ) . The word ἑτέραν is more accurately translated as used by the Council to mean `` different '' , `` contradictory '' , rather than `` another '' . This statement has been interpreted as a prohibition against changing this creed or composing others , but not all accept this interpretation . This question is connected with the controversy whether a creed proclaimed by an Ecumenical Council is definitive in excluding not only excisions from its text but also additions to it . </P>
who sponsored a council of bishops which reaffirmed the nicene creed
who sponsored a council of bishops which reaffirmed the nicene creed
Ephesus
Ephesus