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Chalcedon

noun
1.
A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.  Synonym: Kadikoy.
2.
The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.  Synonym: Council of Chalcedon.






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"Chalcedon" Quotes from Famous Books



... heart fell away from the ancient Church of England, and constituted themselves into a distinct community or sect. This was in the year 1570. This schismatic community was first governed by the Jesuits. In 1623 a Bishop, called the Bishop of Chalcedon, was consecrated, and sent from Rome to rule the Roman sect in England. The Bishop of Chalcedon was banished in 1628, and then the adherents of the Papacy in England were left without any Bishops until the ...
— The Church Handy Dictionary • Anonymous

... Calex, in the territory of Heraclea, rain having fallen in the interior and the flood coming suddenly down upon them; and himself and his troops passed by land through the Bithynian Thracians on the Asiatic side, and arrived at Chalcedon, the Megarian colony at the mouth ...
— The History of the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides



Words linked to "Chalcedon" :   ecumenical council, Kadikoy, Stamboul, Istanbul, town, Constantinople, Stambul



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