Council of Chalcedon
451 ecumenical assembly
The Council of Chalcedon was a gathering of Christian bishops in 451 CE that established orthodox doctrine on Christ's nature—fully divine and fully human in one person.
Its decisions shaped mainstream Christianity but split the church, as several Eastern traditions rejected the council's formula and remain separate to this day.
- Oriental OrthodoxyPre-schism Eastern Christian communion
- ChristologyDoctrine of the Messiah's nature
- ConstantinopleHistoric Turkish metropolis
- fifth centuryYears 401-500
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
schism · Eastern Orthodoxy · canon law · dual nature · debate · dispute · Byzantine Empire · Nicene Creed · heresy · Catholic Church · Asia Minor · assembly · patriarch · human · bishops · creed · emperor · church fathers
- 5th CenturyAttila the Hun, Vandals, Visigoths, Huns, Ostrogoths
- canon lawchurch law, canonist, tribunal, canons, church court
- ChristologyChristology, Jesus, incarnation, Jesus Christ, Christ
- church councilscouncils, synods, church councils, convocation, convocations
- Orthodox historyGreat Schism, Constantinople, Nicene Creed, Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia
- Church SplitsGreat Schism, Western Schism, Protestant Reformation, English Reformation
chronological sequence of councils
Council of ChalcedonCouncil of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation