Word: chalcedon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Egypt, and recalls the days when Alexandria was a rival to Rome as Christendom's foremost city. But the Copts' Monophysite theology (which holds that Christ has only a single nature in which the human and divine are blended) was eventually condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and with the emergence of Islam, Coptic Christianity virtually went underground for centuries...
...footnote to the Sept. 24 article on the Vatican makes the statement that "Roman Catholic theologians believe that the Monophysite theory can lead to the destruction of the very basis of Christianity . . ." Not only Roman, but all orthodox Christianity-Eastern, Anglican and Protestant as weil-follows the Council of Chalcedon in rejecting Monophysitism...
...doctrine on which Christians were divided 1,500 years ago and which is still held by some 4,000,000 Christians in Ethiopia, Egypt and Armenia. According to the Monophysites, Christ has only one nature-the divine. But the Council of Chalcedon in 451 ruled that Christ has not one but two natures-human and divine. Both are completely united in Christ, making Him both God and man. Roman Catholic theologians believe that the Monophysite theory can lead to the destruction of the very basis of Christianity, i.e., man's redemption through Christ's suffering on earth, since...