Chalcedon
Americannoun
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an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium.
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Council of, the ecumenical council held there in a.d. 451.
Other Word Forms
- Chalcedonian adjective
Example Sentences
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The Coptic Church separated from other Christian denominations at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, in a dispute over the human and divine nature of Jesus Christ.
From BBC
The Council of Chalcedon was another hundred years later in 451, when it standardized theology that that Christ was fully human and fully God.
From Time
The Chalcedon Foundation posted a brief blog about Phillips’ death, calling him a “longtime Chalcedon colleague and supporter, and close personal friend to R. J. Rushdoony.”
From Salon
And second, that the schism in the church after the Council of Chalcedon in AD451 was a major turning point in ecclesiastical history.
From The Guardian
On Scandinavian coins, as well as those of Gaul, the fylfot cross appears, as it also does on those of Syracuse, Corinth, and Chalcedon.
From Project Gutenberg
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