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
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 has problems with Illyricum. In the East, the sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch find themselves under new management – but the conflict over the theology of Christ continues.
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Icon of Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria.
Letter of Leo to Anastasius
Letter of Leo to Eutyches
Theodoret of Cyrus’ Eranistes
Alleged letter of Theodoret of Cyrus on the death of Cyril of Alexandria
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#450 – A History of the Catholic Church – Changing of the Guard
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