Editing Council of Ephesus (section)

===Fifth Session – 17 July 431===
Next day the fifth session was held in the same church. John had set up a placard in the city accusing the synod of the [[Apollinarism|Apollinarian heresy]]. He was again cited, and this was counted as the third canonical summons. He paid no attention. In consequence the council suspended and excommunicated him, together with thirty-four bishops of his party, but refrained from deposing them. Some of John's party had already deserted him, and he had gained only a few. In the letters to the emperor and the pope which were then dispatched, the synod described itself as now consisting of 210 bishops. The long letter to Celestine gave a full account of the council, and mentioned that the pope's decrees against the Pelagians had been read and confirmed.<ref name="CE2" />