Council of Chalcedon

Council of Chalcedon
Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, 1876 painting by Vasily Surikov
Date	AD 451
Accepted by	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Old Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism most other Protestants
Previous council	Council of Ephesus
Next council	Second Council of Constantinople
Convoked by	Emperor Marcian of the Byzantine Empire
President	Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople; A board of government officials and senators, led by the patrician Anatolius
Attendance	Approx. 520
Topics	the judgements issued at the Second Council of Ephesus in 449, the alleged offences of Bishop Dioscorus of Alexandria, the definition of the Godhead and manhood of Christ, many disputes involving particular bishops and sees
Documents and statements	Chalcedonian Creed, 28 canons
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The Council of Chalcedon (n/)^[1] was a church council held from October 8 to November 1, AD 451, at Chalcedon. The council is numbered as the fourth ecumenical council by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and most Protestants. A minority of Christians, subsequently known as Oriental Orthodoxy, do not agree with the council's teachings.

Its most important achievement was to issue the Chalcedonian Definition, stating that Jesus is "perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God and actually man."^[2] The council's judgments and definitions regarding the divine marked a significant turning point in the Christological debates.^[3]

Chalcedon was a city in Bithynia, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus; today the city is part of the Republic of Turkey and is known as Kadıköy (a district of Istanbul).

Council of Chalcedon

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