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==Controversy==
'''Dioscorus I of Alexandria''' is considered a [[saint]] by the [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac]], and other [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] churches. He is considered a heretic by the [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Catholic]] churches. Though Orthodox Church, though some commentators like Anatolius and [[John S. Romanides]] think that Dioscorus was not deposed at Chalcedon (451) because of the faith, but for his grave administrative errors at the Robber Council of Ephesus (449), which included restoring [[Eutyches]] the heretic and the attack on Flavian, and because he (Dioscorus) had excommunicated Pope [[Leo the Great|Leo of Rome]], and also because at Chalcedon he refused to appear in front of the Council although he was summoned to it three times.[http://www.romanity.org/htm/rom.06.en.orthodox_and_oriental_orthodox_consultation.htm]
His character and stance are subject to contravention between the [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] churches on one side and the [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Catholic]] churches on the other.
The [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] churches are generally accused by other churches of accepting the [[Eutyches|Eutychian doctrine]] of [[Monophysitism]]— this is denied by these churches as they consider Eutyches a heretic as the other churches but to have redemed himself by retreving this herecy in the Ephsus second council <ref>Story of the Coptic church by [[Iris Habib elmasry]] Volume I</ref> but figures large in the differences between those churches and most other populous Christian churches, as well as in the civil strife and friction of the era and afterwards within the [[Eastern Roman Empire]].
Hence, in the mess typical of [[schism]]s, according to mainstream Christian sects, he was merely a [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] turned [[heretic]], who in a pre-emptive power-play characteristic of meglomania attempted to excommunicate many other influential bishops in opposition to his belief in Monophysitism, including Pope Leo I. <!-- ref:see [[ Second Council of Ephesus ]], the historical documentation is rather telling. --->
After those incidents, a messenger from Constantinople arrived in Alexandria announcing the exile of the Patriarch Dioscorus, and the appointment of an Alexandrian priest named [[Proterius of Alexandria|Proterius]] as an imperial [i.e. alien/foreign/non-Egyptian] patriarch over Alexandria, with the approval of the emperor. He threatened whoever dared to show disobedience. The [[Melchite]] patriarch who was appointed by the emperor became surrounded by soldiers willing to punish those who might resist the imperial command.
In the year 457 Patriarch Dioscorus died in exile, and when the Copts heard that, they met with the clergymen and elected Timothy, the disciple of Dioscorus, to be the new Patriarch. This became a regular practice of the Coptic Church, who have not been reconciled to the [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] churches Orthodox Patriarchates to this day.
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