Council of Chalcedon
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Theology, Theologians, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor
- Date: October 8-25, 451
Article abstract: The Council of Chalcedon settled the controversy in the early Christian Church concerning the person of Jesus Christ, declaring that Christ is one person with both a human nature and a divine nature.
Summary of Event
The Council of Chalcedon, the Fourth Ecumenical Council of the early Christian Church, was the culmination of the debate concerning whether, during the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, he was human, divine, a mixture of each, or fully each at the same time. This debate was a result of the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in...
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