Chalcedon Definition

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

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  • "the council of chalcedon"
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