Council of Chalcedon

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Christological council church council ecumenical council historical event

The Council of Chalcedon was a pivotal 5th-century ecumenical council that defined orthodox Christology by affirming Christ as one person in two distinct natures, fully divine and fully human.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Council of Chalcedon canonical 114
Council of Chalcedon (451) 5
28th Canon of Chalcedon 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christological council ⓘ
church council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
addresses status of the see of Constantinople ⓘ
affirms Christ is fully divine and fully human ⓘ
two natures of Christ without confusion, change, division, or separation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council
approvedBy Pope Leo I ⓘ
canon28Declares See of Constantinople has privileges second only to Rome ⓘ
century 5th century ⓘ
condemns Eutychianism ⓘ
Monophysitism ⓘ
Nestorianism ⓘ
convokedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Emperor Marcian ⓘ
Empress Pulcheria ⓘ
dateEnd 451-11-01 ⓘ
dateStart 451-10-08 ⓘ
definesDoctrine Christ as one person in two natures ⓘ
hypostatic union ⓘ
elevates Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: See of Constantinople
followedBy Second Council of Constantinople ⓘ
follows Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
givesCanon Canon 28 ⓘ
historicalImpact contributed to schism with Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
shaped orthodox Christology in most of Christianity ⓘ
issues Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ
canons of Chalcedon ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
location Chalcedon ⓘ
locationNowIn Istanbul ⓘ
Kadıköy ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
mainTopic Christology ⓘ
nature of Christ ⓘ
numberOfCanons 28 ⓘ
participantsApprox 500 ⓘ
participantsType bishops ⓘ
partOf Early Church ecumenical councils ⓘ
precededBy Council of Ephesus ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus ⓘ
recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

most Protestant churches ⓘ
rejectedBy Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
usesDocument Tome of Leo ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Nicene Creed → recognizedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Christology → historicallyDebatedAt → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Incarnation of Christ → affirmedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chalcedonian Definition
Incarnation of Christ → definedAtCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Chalcedon (451)
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → recognizedByCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Athanasian Creed → affirmsCouncilTeaching → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy → rejectsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Ephesus → followedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon → alsoKnownAs → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council
East–West Schism → relatedTo → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Second Council of Constantinople → predecessor → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Second Council of Constantinople → affirmed → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → followsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → followsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → recognizesCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Cyril of Alexandria → influenced → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Chalcedon Christology
Orthodox Church of Cyprus → followsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Byzantine Egypt → knownFor → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Chalcedon aftermath
Nicene Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Virgin Birth of Jesus → affirmedByCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Nestorianism → consideredHeresyBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Nestorianism → contrastsWith → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dyophysite orthodoxy of Chalcedon
Patriarchate of Constantinople → associatedCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Armenian Apostolic Church → rejectsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East → doesNotAccept → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of Chalcedon (451)
Coptic Orthodox Church → rejectsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Pope Leo I → influenced → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church → rejectsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church → rejectsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Albanian Greek Catholic Church → acceptsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Chalcedonian Definition → formulatedAt → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Chalcedonian Definition → approvedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → acceptsCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Third Ecumenical Council → followedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Kadıköy → hasEvent → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Empress Pulcheria → associatedWithEvent → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
subject surface form: Pulcheria
Canon 28 → partOf → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Canon 28 → adoptedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Canon 28 → alsoKnownAs → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: 28th Canon of Chalcedon
Eastern Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus → followedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus → influenced → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Second Council of Ephesus → laterCondemnedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Chalcedon → knownFor → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Chalcedon → councilHeldHere → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Tome of Leo → influenced → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Tome of Leo → usedAtCouncil → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Tome of Leo → approvedBy → Council of Chalcedon ⓘ