RT Article
T1 Past creeds and present formula at the Council of Chalcedon
JF Studies in church history
VO 33
SP 19
OP 29
A1 Hall, Stuart George 1928-
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1918488339
AB The Formula by which the Council of Chalcedon in 451 defined the Person of Christ is a classic case of the deliberate adjustment and interpretation of the past to suit a present need. The assembled bishops at their fifth session gave their assent to a document which not merely prescribed a theological position in the face of the doctrines of Eutyches and Nestorius, but justified doing so in the face of historically-based objections to the enterprise.
DO 10.1017/S0424208400013164