The Councils
4 councils, of which the Coptic Orthodox Church receives 3. What each answered, what it settled, and who was in the room.
The Coptic Orthodox Church receives the first three. Chalcedon is included as the council it does not receive.
- The First Council of Nicaea325 · Nicaea, in Bithynia · about 318 bishopsReceived by the Coptic Orthodox Church
- The First Council of Constantinople381 · Constantinople · about 150 bishopsReceived by the Coptic Orthodox Church
- The Council of Ephesus431 · Ephesus · about 200 bishopsReceived by the Coptic Orthodox Church
- The Council of Chalcedon451 · Chalcedon · the largest council of the ageNot received by the Coptic Orthodox Church