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Council of Chalcedon (451)

One person in two natures, unconfused and undivided — and the council that split a communion

The Council of Chalcedon (451), the fourth ecumenical council, defined Christ as one person in two natures, without confusion or division, drawing on the Chalcedonian Definition and the Tome of Leo. It is received by Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. The Oriental Orthodox (non-Chalcedonian) churches rejected its formula, so the traditions differ; much subsequent dialogue has explored whether the division rests on words more than substance.

How it traveled

  1. The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon
    Chalcedon · 451
    explains
  2. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    explains
  3. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  4. The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 553
    explains
  5. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  6. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  7. The Canons of the Council in Trullo; Often Called The Quinisext Council
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    applies
  8. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    applies
  9. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    explains

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The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great — Letters. — To the Synod of Chalcedon.↗applies

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The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great — Register of the Epistles of St. Gregory the Great. — Book IV. — part 2↗explains

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The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great — Register of the Epistles of St. Gregory the Great. — The Month of September, Indiction IX., Being the First Year of His Ordination. — part 9↗applies

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The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret — Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, Bishop of Cyprus. — To Anatolius the Patrician. (#6)↗applies

The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret · Theodoret of Cyrus

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session I.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session II.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session II. (Continued).↗applies

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session II. (Continued). (#2)↗applies

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session VI.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session XVI. — part 1↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Extracts from the Acts. Session XVI. — part 3↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — Session V.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The Decree with Regard to the Bishop of Ephesus. Session XII.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon. — part 2↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The Definition of Faith of the Council of Chalcedon. — part 3↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon. — Canon VII.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon. — Canon XVIII.↗explains

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon. — Canon XXI.↗applies

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The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon — The XXX Canons of the Holy and Fourth Synods, of Chalcedon. — Canon XXVIII.↗explains

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