#REDIRECT {{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Cancel of Chalcedon, 451 AD | subtopics = [[Hypostatic union]], [[Monophysitism]], [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} * [[Christological Controversies and the Chalcedon Definition (G.G.)]] | }} The Council of Chalcedon was an [[ecumenical council]] that took place in 451 AD at [[Chalcedon]] (a city in [[Asia Minor]]) which today is part of the city of Istanbul. It is the fourth of the first seven Ecumenical Councils in [[Christianity]], and is therefore recognized as infallible in its dogmatic definitions by the [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox]] churches. It repudiated the doctrine of [[monophysitism]] (that Jesus has only one nature), and set forth the [[Chalcedonian Creed]], which describes the two [[nature of Christ|two natures of Christ]] - [[Jesus: The man|humanity]] and [[deity of Christ|full divinity]] of [[Jesus]]. The result of the council was a major schism. This is the origin of [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] which rejected the results of this council who affirmed [[monophysitism]] and felt that this council was endorsing a form of [[Nestorianism]]. {{stub}} ==Quotes== ==Links== {{returnto}} [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]][[Category:Church history]]