Chalcedonian Christianity

Chalcedonian Christianity is a term referring to the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in 451.[1] Chalcedonian Christianity accepts the Christological Definition of Chalcedon, a Christian doctrine concerning the union of two natures (divine and human) in one hypostasis of Jesus Christ, who is thus acknowledged as a single person (prosopon).[2][3] Chalcedonian Christianity also accepts the Chalcedonian confirmation of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, thus acknowledging the commitment of Chalcedonism to Nicene Christianity.[4][5]

Chalcedonian Christology is upheld by Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism, and thus comprises >95% of Christianity.[6]

  1. ^ Meyendorff 1989, p. 165-206.
  2. ^ Grillmeier 1975, p. 543-550.
  3. ^ Meyendorff 1989, p. 167-178.
  4. ^ Meyendorff 1989, p. 171-172.
  5. ^ Kelly 2006, p. 296-331.
  6. ^ "Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population". Pew Research Center. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

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