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Definition of Council of chalcedon
1. Noun. The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Council Of Chalcedon
Literary usage of Council 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. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"While the Armenian bishops were deliberating year after year whether to reject
or to accept this decision of the Council of Chalcedon, a copy of the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Whatever be its origin, the fact is that the Council of Chalcedon (451) attributed it
.... Council of Chalcedon ..."
4. The Infallibility of the Church: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the by George Salmon (1890)
"... the question of the claims of Jerusalem was dealt with as an entirely open
one by the Council of Chalcedon, and that see then permanently secured a ..."
5. The Ancient Catholic Church: From the Accession of Trajan to the Fourth by Robert Rainy (1902)
"C. council of chalcedon At the council of Chalcedon it was well understood that
the violent proceedings at Ephesus could not be supported, ..."
6. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"Under Anastasius I, who began to reign in AD 491, and was himself opposed to the
decree of the council of Chalcedon, the monophysite party acquired new ..."
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