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Chalcedon

Kadıköy, Istanbul

40.983, 29.033

Attested. The council and its definition are extensively documented, including in later act collections.

Chalcedon, now
Now. QuartierLatin1968. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The city on the Asian shore opposite Constantinople where bishops met in 451 and adopted the two-natures definition.

Sources

No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.

Cited notes

  • 451. Council of Chalcedon; the Oriental Orthodox split.

    See Councils page (sources there) · Unverified in the source note

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