The Council of Chalcedon continues and with it continue conflicts over Christology and Roman authority. The bishops of Chalcedon put forward a new statement of faith in the hopes of unifying the Church.
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Painting of the Council of Chalcedon by Andreevartstudio
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#456 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Definition of Chalcedon
Presenting more of the back episodes of the History of the Catholic Church series no longer on the main podcast feed.
Episodes in this volume:
#429 – God Come to My Assistance
#430 – Praying atop a Pillar
#431 – Harlots of the Desert
#432 – Rehabilitations and Persecutions
#433 – Alexander the Sleepless
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Catholic: Under The Hood Episodes 429 to 433
The Council of Chalcedon begins with a broadside against Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria. The Tome of Leo is accepted. Marcian and Pulcheria hope Chalcedon will be result in universal agreement, but future troubles are seen.
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Painting of the Council of Chalcedon by Vasily Surikov
Extensive documentation on the Council of Chalcedon/Fourth Ecumenical Council
Leo’s Letter to Theodoret of Cyrus on the acceptance of the Tome of Leo
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#455 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Council of Chalcedon
The Eastern Empire finds itself in political and religious turmoil after the death of Emperor Theodosius II and Pope Leo I of Rome takes the opportunity to assert himself and obtain the universal acceptance of his Tome.
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Image of Emperor Marcian
Map of the Roman Empire in 450 AD
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#454 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Turning Tides
At the Second Council of Ephesus, Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria and his One Nature Christology emerges triumphant. The Two-Nature Christology of the Antiochenes is condemned and Pope Leo I of Rome finds himself powerless to stop it.
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Image of the martyrdom of Flavian of Constantinople from the “Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints” by John Gilmary Shea 1894 p. 121
Appeal of Flavian of Constantinople to Pope Leo
Letters of Leo to Theodosius II asking for new ecumenical council to overturn II Ephesus
Letter of Theodoret of Cyrus to Leo asking for his help
Letter of Galla Placidia to Theodosius II asking for new ecumenical council
Henry Chadwick, “The Exile and Death of Flavian of Constantinople: A Prologue to the Council of Chalcedon”, The Journal of Theological Studies, New Series, Vol 6, No. 1 (April 1955): 17-34.
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#453 – A History of the Catholic Church – Latrocinium
Pope Leo I of Rome assembles a text presenting the Christology of the West in the hopes of putting an end to the controversy once and for all. However, in the East, Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria has his own plans.
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Photo of Statue of Pope Leo I taken by Mattana
Selections from Tertullian on Christology
Barclift, Philip L. “The Shifting Tones of Pope Leo the Great’s Christological Vocabulary.” Church History 66, no. 2 (1997): 221-39.
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#452 – A History of the Catholic Church – The Tome of Leo
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