Council of Chalcedon

Council of Chalcedon

Chalcedonian Fathers

  • Theodoret of Cyr
    • drafted Formula of Union, 433​
    • Forced to condemn Nestorius
  • Cyril of Alexandria
    • first to denounce Nestorius
    • proponent of hypostaticunion and Word-flesh Christology
    • Trinitarian
    • wrote Bible commentaries
  • Leo the Great, pope, 400–461
    • Dogmatic Letter condemning Eutychianism addressed to Flavian, bishop of Constantinople
    • pulpit orator
    • dissuaded Attila the Hun from invading Italy in 452
    • In tome of Leo, condemned Eutychianism and formulated foundational arguments for Chalcedonian debates
  • John of Antioch
  • Flavian of Constantinople (had been deposed at the Robber Council)
  • The papal legates who presided at the council:
    • Paschasinus, bishop of Lilybaeum
    • Bishop Lucentius
    • The priest Boniface
  • Dioscurus of Alexandria deposed for role at so-called Robber Council of Ephesus
  • Eusebuius of Dorylaeum
  • Emperor Marciana and the Empress Pulcheria.​

Chalcedonian Council

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