| Ecumenical
council which attempted to settle early controversies concerning the
person of Christ. |
This council produced
a "Definition of Faith" which declared that in Christ there are "two natures
in one person." This echoed the earlier teaching of Tertullian
and was compatible with Tome of Leo.
This statement did not seek to define precisely how the two natures are
united in one person, but rejected heretical explanations that had early
troubled the church. Apollinarianism,
Nestorianism, and Eutycheanism
were among the rejected teachings. The "Definition of Faith" issued at Chalcedon
became the standard of orthodox Christology in the West, although it remained
highly controversial in the East. |
