The Council of Chalcedon was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian church, called by the Byzantine emperor Marcian and held at Chalcedon, across the Bosphorus from Constantinople. Its main subject was the nature of Christ, over which the church was divided. Using a letter from Pope Leo I, known as the Tome of Leo, it defined that Christ is one person in two natures, divine and human, without confusion or separation. It also confirmed the authority of earlier councils and raised the status of the see of Constantinople. The council's definition is accepted by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and most Protestant churches, but it was rejected by the Oriental Orthodox churches, which led to a lasting division.
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- c. 450 CEConstruction of Takht-e Soleyman
- 450 CEBirth of Hormisdas
- c. 450 CEEruption of Ilopango
- 451 CEAetius and Theodoric stop Attila at the Catalaunian Plains
- 1 November 451 CECouncil of Chalcedon
- 12 May 454 CEBirth of Theodoric the Great
- c. 455 CEOrigins of Tbilisi
- from 2 June 455 CE to 16 June 455 CEThe Vandals sack Rome
- 476 CEBirth of Aryabhata
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