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Chalcedon

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[kal-si-don, kal-seed-n] / ˈkæl sɪˌdɒn, kælˈsid n /

noun

  1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium.

  2. Council of, the ecumenical council held there in a.d. 451.


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This process culminated with the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and its decision concerning the nature of Christ.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Elder-Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon was a stand-in for Bartholomew at a Greek Orthodox Church dinner Sunday evening, the archdiocese noted.

From Washington Times Oct. 25, 2021

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 Apr. 23, 2013

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 Mar. 29, 2013

In the early third century Herophilus of Chalcedon, the brilliant Alexandrian anatomist, invented a device for timing the pulse.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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