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Chalcedon

noun
1.
A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.  Synonym: Kadikoy.
2.
The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.  Synonym: Council of Chalcedon.





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... Council met at Chalcedon during the reign of the Emperor Marcian, A.D. 451. Six hundred and thirty Bishops assembled at it and condemned the false teaching of Eutyches, who asserted that our Blessed Lord was God ...
— A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) • John Henry Blunt


Words linked to "Chalcedon" :   Stamboul, Stambul, Council of Chalcedon, ecumenical council, Istanbul, Kadikoy, town, Constantinople


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