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- An ancient Greek city of northwest Asia Minor on the Bosporus near present-day Istanbul. An important Christian ecclesiastical center, it was the site of an important ecumenical council (AD 451), which met to resolve questions concerning the nature of the Incarnation.
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- proper noun an ancient maritime town of
Bithynia , inAsia Minor , almost directly oppositeByzantium
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- noun a former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon
- noun the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
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Slide 3: Chalcedon / Byzantine Empire 8th century AD Monk Nicetas is elected «archbishop of Chalcedon».
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These include a magazine called the Chalcedon Report, which carried an article calling for gays to be stoned this one?
Philocrites: Who is funding the Anglican reactionaries? 2003
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M.] 55 The invitation of Nestorius to the synod of Chalcedon, is related by Zacharias, bishop of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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When these preliminary matters were settled the bishops were convened in one of the suburbs of Chalcedon, which is called “The Oak,” and immediately cited
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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But it is noways necessary to our argument to deny that in the end of the fourth and beginning of the fifth century, some individuals, and perhaps some councils, received these books as canonical, yet there is strong evidence that this was not the opinion of the universal church; for in the council of Chalcedon, which is reckoned to be œcumenical, the Canons of the council of Laodicea which contain a catalogue of the genuine books of the Old Testament, are adopted.
The Canon of the Old and New Testaments Ascertained, or The Bible Complete without the Apocrypha and Unwritten Traditions. 1772-1851 1851
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The cloth is "Chalcedon", a design originally commissioned by Archbishop Raymond Burke of St Louis.
Update on Some Liturgical Details for the Installation of Archbishop Vincent Nichols 2009
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Once again, however, Cusanus uses the orthodox teaching of early Christian councils such as Chalcedon more as a background guide than as providing a straightforward Christology or text for exposition.
Cusanus, Nicolaus [Nicolas of Cusa] Miller, Clyde Lee 2009
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According to the June 30, 1996, Orange County Register, Ahmanson departed the Rushdoony-founded "Chalcedon" board and says he "does not embrace all of Rushdoony's teachings."
Frank Schaeffer: Killing Uganda's Gays: The Long Reach of American "Reconstructionist" Fascism 2009
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a man most approved in the synod of Chalcedon, that is to say, Theodoret of Cyrus.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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[1] On p. 124, we have accidentally written 'Chalcedon' for 'Ephesus': and _vice versâ_.
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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