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Chalcedon, Council of

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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The Fourth AEcumenical Council, held, A.D. 451, in the pontificate of Leo I, at Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia, in Asia Minor. The principal purpose of the Council was to define the Catholic doctrine on the two natures of Christ, against the Monophysite heresy.

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Entry for 'Chalcedon, Council of'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/chalcedon-council-of.html. 1910.
 
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