Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, 1876 painting by Vasily Surikov
Date
451
Accepted by
Catholic Church[1][2]
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Calvinism
Previous council
Council of Ephesus
Next council
Second Council of Constantinople
Convoked by
Emperor Marcian of the Eastern Roman Empire
President
Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople; a board of government officials and senators, led by the patrician Anatolius
Papal legates of Pope Leo I: Paschasinus of Lilybaeum, Lucentius of Asculanum, Julian of Cos, and the presbyter Boniface. (Formal presidency)[3]
Attendance
Approx. 520
Topics
The judgements issued at the Second Council of Ephesus in 449, the alleged offences of Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria, the definition of the Godhead and manhood of Christ, many disputes involving particular bishops and sees
Documents and statements
Chalcedonian Creed, 28 canons
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The Council of Chalcedon (/kælˈsiːdən,ˈkælsɪdɒn/; Latin: Concilium Chalcedonense)[a] was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithynia (modern-day Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey) from 8 October to 1 November 451.[4] The council was attended by over 520 bishops or their representatives, making it the largest and best-documented of the first seven ecumenical councils.[4] The principal purpose of the council was to re-assert the teachings of the ecumenical Council of Ephesus against the teachings of Eutyches and Nestorius.[5] Such doctrines viewed Christ's divine and human natures as separate (Nestorianism) or viewed Christ as solely divine (monophysitism).[6]
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^Moffett, Samuel H. (1992). A History of Christianity in Asia. Volume I: Beginnings to 1500. HarperCollins. p. 219.
^Meyendorff 1989, p. 287-289.
^Price, Richard; Gaddis, Michael (2007). The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon. Vol. 45. Liverpool University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-84631-100-0. Archived from the original on 2023-12-25.
^"Catholic Encyclopedia: Council of Chalcedon". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
^Worthen, Molly (2008-05-12). "The Chalcedon Problem: Rousas John Rushdoony and the Origins of Christian Reconstructionism". Church History. 77 (2): 399–437. doi:10.1017/s0009640708000590. ISSN 0009-6407. S2CID 153625926.
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