Councils and Their Canons
Fourth Ecumenical Council: Chalcedon (451)
Defined the two natures of Christ, divine and human, in one Person, "without confusion, without change, without division, without separation." Condemned the one-nature teaching of Eutyches. Canon 28 gave the see of Constantinople privileges equal to those of older Rome while ranking it second in order after her; Rome refused to ratify that canon, though it received the definition of faith. 630 bishops attended, the largest of the ancient councils.
Sources
- Chalcedonian Definition (Horos), Fourth Ecumenical Council (451 AD) the Acts, NPNF
- Canon 28, Fourth Ecumenical Council the canon, in Greek and English
- Acta of the Fourth Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon, 451 AD)
- St. Cyril of Alexandria, Letters on the Two Natures the Ephesus documents
Connections
- Christology
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Fifth Ecumenical Council: Constantinople II (553)
- Homoousios (Consubstantial)
- Monophysitism
- Monothelitism
- Perichoresis (Mutual Indwelling)
- St. Cyril of Alexandria
- St. Daniel the Stylite (409-493)
- St. Euthymius the Great
- St. Leo the Great, Pope of Rome
- St. Sabbas the Sanctified
- St. Simeon the Stylite
- St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch
- The Incarnation
- The Oriental Orthodox Churches
- The Pentarchy
- The Three Chapters Controversy
The canons
The 30 canons of this council are on this site in Greek, with our own English translation: The Fourth Ecumenical Council, the canons.