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Definition of Chalcedon
1. Noun. A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul
2. Noun. The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.
Definition of Chalcedon
1. Proper noun. an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalcedon
Literary usage of Chalcedon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Of the seventeen suffragans who failed from Alexandria, four were tempted from
their allegiance, and the * The Acts of the Council of chalcedon (Concil. ..."
2. History of Christianity: Comprising All that Relates to the Progress of the by Edward Gibbon (1916)
"The remains of his mangled corpse were delivered to the flames, and his ashes to
the wind: and the •' See. in the Appendix to the Acts of chalcedon, ..."
3. The History of the Popes: From the Foundation of the See of Rome to the by Archibald Bower (1750)
"... and their imagining them to have been approved by the Council of chalcedon,
... This Letter was read in the Council of chalcedon; and fome of the ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He then draws up a very orthodox profession of faith according to the decrees of
Ephesus and chalcedon ; he accepts all the dogmatic letters of St. Leo I, ..."
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