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The council of Chalcedon : a historical and doctrinal survey.

Title
The council of Chalcedon : a historical and doctrinal survey.
Author
Sellers, R. V. (Robert Victor)
Publication
London : S.P.C.K., 1961.

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xviii, 361 p; 23 cm
Summary
The purpose of this study is both historical and doctrinal: we are to consider in the light of its attendant circumstances the Council of Chalcedon, which in the year 451 drew up its definition of the Church's doctrine concerning the Person of Jesus Christ. - Introduction.
Subject
  • Council of Chalcedon (451)
  • 30-600
  • Incarnation > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Part 1 : The background of the Council of Chalcedon. Section 1 : The historical background : events leading to the Council of Chalcedon -- Section 2 : The doctrinal background : earlier Christological thought -- Part 2 : The Chalcedonian definition of the faith. Chapter 1 : The documents of Chalcedon -- Chapter 2 : The criticism and defence of the Chalcedonian faith : the controversy between the Monophysites and the Chalcedonians before the coming of Justinian -- Chapter 3 : The clarification of the Chalcedonian faith : the work of the Chalcedonians in the age of Justinian.
OCLC
1868353
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library