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John gave active support to his friend Nestorius in the latter's dispute with Cyril Of Alexandria . In the year 431 , he arrived too late for the opening meeting of the Council Of Ephesus . Cyril, suspecting John of using Fabian tactics to support Nestorius, decided not to wait and convened the council without John and his supporters, condemning Nestorius. When John reached Ephesus a few days after the council had begun, he convened a counter-council which condemned Cyril and vindicated Nestorius. Two years later, in 433 John reconciled with Cyril based on the Formula of Reunion, a theological formula devised as a compromise. In the process, John lost many of his own supporters within his patriarchate. Some of his letters are extant. SOURCE ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (3rd ed.), p. 887
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