NESTORIANISM AND THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS Although it is one of the least admirable of all of the ecumenical councils because of the seamy political and personal intrigues that figured so prominently in determining its outcome, the Council of Ephesus, ordered by Emperor Theodosius II in A.D. 431, made a significant doctrinal contribution to the final resolution of the christological struggles of the early church. The church entered the fifth century facing new problems and controversies. Nestorius