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  • noun One who accepts the definition given at the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) of how the divine and human relate in the person of Jesus Christ.

Etymologies

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From Chalcedon +‎ -ian.

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Examples

  • On Thursday, at noon, in July, 403, Theophilus, accompanied by his twenty-eight suffragans, crossed the Bosporus, and landed at a quay known as the Chalcedonian Stairs.

    Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

  • Second, Maronites are Chalcedonian, meaning they were staunch supporters of the Council of Chalcedon, convened in 451 A.D., which taught that Jesus was true God and true man.

    Latest Articles USA Maronites 2010

  • All that work on the Chalcedonian creed and yet with so little effect on what the average believer thinks?

    Gods, Gospels, and Gotta Think of a Third "G" James F. McGrath 2010

  • Certainly one can put the two together and, with some further work involved, offer something like the Chalcedonian creed.

    Christian Baseball and Christian History James F. McGrath 2009

  • Steven, why is it that whenever I think that we just might be able to have an intelligent conversation, you ruin it - most recently by suggesting that Paul affirmed that Chalcedonian view of Jesus as "fully God" and seeming not to be aware that there could be some difference between Messianic claims in first century Palestine and what "Messiah" might mean to 20th century Koreans?

    Messianic Cause and Effect James F. McGrath 2009

  • So if it is important to emphasize that John is different from the Synoptics, it is also important to notice that John is not yet offering the Nicene and Chalcedonian Creeds.

    Review of Bart Ehrman, Jesus, Interrupted James F. McGrath 2009

  • The Chalcedonian definition expresses it as the human and divine natures being forever joined "without confusion, without change, without division, without separation" in the one person of Jesus Christ BCP, 864.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • I suspect that few readers of Luke-Acts notice the contrast with the Gospel of John, since the tendency of most Christians is to read everything else in the New Testament not only through the lens of John's Christology, but through the lens of later Nicene and Chalcedonian orthodoxy.

    Archive 2008-12-01 James F. McGrath 2008

  • Also, the orthodox, oriental orthodox and non-Chalcedonian churches also maintain them.

    Oh gee. Not this crap again. Dymphna 2008

  • The Chalcedonian definition expresses it as the human and divine natures being forever joined "without confusion, without change, without division, without separation" in the one person of Jesus Christ BCP, 864.

    Who can be saved? Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

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