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838: 36: 772:'s preferred formula for the oneness of Christ's nature in the incarnation of God the Word as "out of two natures". Cyril's language is not consistent and he may have countenanced the view that it is possible to contemplate in theory two natures after the incarnation, but the Church of Alexandria felt that the Definition should have stated that Christ be acknowledged "out of two natures" rather than "in two natures". 149: 700:
concurring into One Person and One Hypostasis; not as though He was parted or divided into Two Persons, but One and the Self-same Son and Only-begotten God, Word, Lord, Jesus Christ; even as from the beginning the prophets have taught concerning Him, and as the Lord Jesus Christ Himself hath taught us, and as the Symbol of the Fathers hath handed down to us.
695:; the Self-same of a rational soul and body; co-essential with the Father according to the Godhead, the Self-same co-essential with us according to the Manhood; like us in all things, sin apart; before the ages begotten of the Father as to the Godhead, but in the last days, the Self-same, for us and for our salvation (born) of Mary the Virgin 761:, the Non-Chalcedonians always suspected that the Chalcedonian Definition tended towards Nestorianism. This was in part because of the restoration of a number of bishops deposed at the Second Council of Ephesus, bishops who had previously indicated what appeared to be support of Nestorian positions. 699:
as to the Manhood; One and the Same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten; acknowledged in Two Natures unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the difference of the Natures being in no way removed because of the Union, but rather the properties of each Nature being preserved, and (both)
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7, 1976) and a reading of the acts, or proceedings, of the council show that the bishops considered Cyril the great authority and that even the language of "two natures" derives from him.
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Following, then, the holy Fathers, we all unanimously teach that our Lord Jesus Christ is to us One and the same Son, the Self-same Perfect in Godhead, the Self-same Perfect in Manhood;
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The Definition implicitly addressed a number of popular heretical beliefs. The reference to "co-essential with the Father" was directed at
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The Council of Chalcedon was summoned to consider the Christological question in light of the "one-nature" view of Christ proposed by
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In one of the translations into English, the key section, emphasizing the double nature of Christ (human and divine), runs:
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The definition defines that Christ is "acknowledged in two natures", which "come together into one person and one
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Christ in Christian Tradition: From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon (451)
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The Chalcedonian Definition was written amid controversy between the
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in 381. It also confirmed the authority of two synodical letters of
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position, historically characterised by Chalcedonian followers as "
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Theological resolution adopted at the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451)
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Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450–680 A.D.
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The full text of the definition reaffirms the decisions of the
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The Chalcedonian Creed in Greek at www.earlychurchtexts.com.
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church; for this reason these churches may be classified as
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in 449, sometimes referred to as the "Robber Synod".
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Chalcedonian Creed

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Christology
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God the Son
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