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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Though officially rejected by the church in the ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451, Nestorius’s teachings flourished in Persia and spread eastward due to the efforts of missionaries.
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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