The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon

by Richard Price (6)

Overview

The Council of Chalcedon in 451 was a defining moment in the Christological controversies that tore apart the churches of the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries. Theological division, political rivalry and sectarian violence combined to produce what ultimately became separate Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches, a schism that persists to this day. Whether seen as a milestone in the development of orthodox doctrine or as a divisive and misguided cause of schism, Chalcedon is chiefly remembered for its Definition of Faith, a classic expression of Christian belief in Christ as both God and man. The council also dealt with other contentious issues relating to individuals and to the rights of various sees; its famous Canon 28 was crucial in the development of the patriarchate of Constantinople. Little attention, however, has been devoted to the process by which these results were reached, the day-by-day deliberations of the council as revealed in its Acts. These are particularly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846311000
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	06/13/2007
Series:	Translated Texts for Historians LUP , #45
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	1024
Sales rank:	750,801
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.80(h) x 2.50(d)

About the Author

Richard Price is head of the History of Christianity subject group at Heythrop College, University of London. His previous publications include Theodoret, History of the Monks of Syria: A Translation and Commentary, and Augustine. Michael Gaddis is assistant professor of History at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He specializes in the Late Antique and Early Medieval History.

Table of Contents

Volume One
 
Preface
Abbreviations
 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
I.  Church Councils and Church Government
II.  The Christological Crisis:  The Two Councils of Ephesu
III.  The Council of Chalcedon
IV.  Chalcedon's Legacy
V.  The Theology of Chalcedon
VI.  Composition and Transmission of the Acts
 
DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE COUNCIL
 
SESSION I, 8 October 451
Debate over Ephesus II; Home Synod of 448
 
Volume Two
 
Numbering of the Sessions
Abbreviations
 
SESSION II, 10 October
Debate over the faith
 
SESSION III, 13 October
Trial of Dioscorus
 
SESSION IV, 17 October
Tome of Leo, Egyptian Bishops and Constantinopolitan Monks
 
SESSION ON CAROSUS AND DOROTHEUS, 20 October
 
SESSION ON PHOTIUS AND EUSTATHIUS, 20 October
 
SESSION V, 22 October
The Definition of the Faith
 
SESSION vi, 25 October
Promulgation of the Definition
 
SESSION VII, 26 October
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
 
SESSION VIII, 26 October
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
 
SESSION IX, 26 October
Ibas of Edessa (1)
 
SESSION X, 27 October
Ibas of Edessa (2)
 
SESSION ON DOMNUS, 27 October
 
Volume Three
 
Numbering of the Sessions
Abbreviations
 
SESSION XI, 29 October
Bassianus and Stephen of Ephesus (1)
 
SESSION XII, 30 October
Bassianus and Stephen of Ephesus (2)
 
SESSION XIII, 30 October
Nicomedia and Nicaea
 
SESSION XIV, 31 October
Athanasius and Sabinianus of Perrhe
 
SESSION XV, 31 October
Leo, Letter 93
 
SESSION XVI, 1 November
Canon 28
 
CANONS 1-27
 
DOCUMENTS AFTER THE COUNCIL
 
APPENDICES
1:  The Documentary Collections
2:  Attendance and Ecumenicity
 
GLOSSARY
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
MAPS
1.  Dioceses and Provinces
2.  The Balkans
3.  Western Asia Minor
4.  Eastern Asia Minor
5.  Syria, Palestine, and Cyprus
6.  Egypt
 
INDICES
(A)  Personal names
     (1)  Bishop, Clerics and Monks
     (2)  Secular Dignitaries
(B)  Sees by province
(C)  Documents
     (1)  Conciliar Acts and Decrees
     (2)  Conciliar Canons
     (3)  Florilegia
     (4)  Documents from individuals
(D)  Topics

Editorial Reviews

"... these volumes should be present in all libraries of theological institutes and seminaries... On the shelf of every one engaged in the study of the Early Church and its theology."— Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses

"Price and his colleagues have supplied a wealth of ideas and resources for investigating the history of church councils.".—Early Medieval Europe

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