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Chalcedonian

Chalcedonian

9.9
Following the church teaching that Jesus is both fully human and fully God
  • adjective
  • /ˌkæl.sɪˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
  • Formal
translation icon : calcedonio
  • The later Georgian Life turns the story's hero into a Chalcedonian figure, given Georgia's acceptance of Chalcedonian orthodoxy in early medieval times.
  • Chalcedonian orthodoxy

Examples

  • Fourth, various and different Christological expressions were allowed, so long as these were understood in an orthodox manner, that is, in accordance with "Chalcedonian Cyrillianism" or "Cyrillian Chalcedonianism."

    Academic text (1991)
  • While theologians and church historians have often ascribed a more specifically theological significance to Constantinople II, they have also frequently interpreted it as representing, in one way or another, a movement away from Chalcedonian orthodoxy.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Jesus' humanity comprises but a single pole of the Chalcedonian bipolarity, the mystery of the Incarnation: God present with us.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The later Georgian Life turns the story's hero into a Chalcedonian figure, given Georgia's acceptance of Chalcedonian orthodoxy in early medieval times.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Second, the Leonine-Chalcedonian Christological terminology was also reaffirmed, while a heretical tendency that had been and could be associated with it was also rejected.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The Chalcedonian formula makes affirmations (emphasized below) that seem clearly incompatible with Haight's Spirit Christology:

    Academic text (1992)
  • This straightforward account of the christological forms should not be misunderstood as a proto-Chalcedonian theology of the hypostatic union. Christ is not discussed according to his human and divine natures, but rather according to the "form" of a servant and the "form" of God.

    Academic text (2007)
  • They did not regard the Chalcedonian Definition, then, as replacing either Cyril's letters or Leo's Tome, but as a conciliar attempt to express the Church's mind in such a way as to be loyal to both Cyril and Leo.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The Chalcedonian definition states that Christ is both fully God and fully man.

  • Many Christian denominations adhere to the Chalcedonian doctrines regarding the nature of Jesus.

Surface Forms

Chalcedonian positive

Morphology

Chalcedonian = Chalcedon (semi-transparent) = Chalcedon + ian

The adjectival formation from the place name is regular (Chalcedon + -ian), but the specialized theological meaning tied to the Council's doctrines is not fully recoverable by an average learner.

Etymology

Chalcedonian comes from the old city Chalcedon, where a major church meeting called the Council of Chalcedon was held in 451. So Chalcedonian refers to the 'church ideas' or rules that were set at that meeting.