<sod> The '''Confession of Chalcedon''' (also '''Definition''' or '''Creed of Chalcedon'''), also known as the "Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union" {{fact}} or the "Two-Nature Doctrine", was adopted at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in [[451]] in [[Asia Minor]]. That Council of Chalcedon is one of the seven [[ecumenical council]]s accepted by Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and many Protestant Christian churches.  It is the first Council ''not'' recognized by any of the [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] churches.
 
 ===Oriental Orthodox dissent===
 The Chalcedonian creed was written amid controversy between the western and eastern churches over the meaning of the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|Incarnation]] (see [[Christology]]), the ecclesiastical influence of the [[Byzantine emperor|emperor]], and the supremacy of the Bishop of [[Diocese of Rome|Rome]]. The western churches readily accepted the creed, but some eastern churches did not.
 
 The creed became standard orthodox doctrine, while the [[Coptic church of Alexandria]] dissented, holding to [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]]'s formula of the oneness of Christ’s nature as the incarnation of God the Word. This church felt that this understanding required that the creed should have stated that Christ be acknowledged "'''from''' two natures" rather than "'''in''' two natures". 
 
This [[Miaphysitism|miaphysite]] position, often known as "[[Monophysitism]]", formed the basis for the distinction from other churches of the [[Coptic church]] of Egypt and [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church|Ethiopia]] and the "[[Jacobite Orthodox Church|Jacobite]]" churches of [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syria]] and [[Armenian Orthodox Church|Armenia]] (see [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]). Over the last 30 years, however, the miaphysite position has been accepted as a mere restatement of orthodox belief by [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and by [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
 
 ==English translation==
 :''We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach people to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood;''<br>
 <eod> <sod>The '''Confession of Chalcedon''' (also '''Definition''' or '''Creed of Chalcedon'''), also known as the "Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union" {{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} or the "Two-Nature Doctrine", was adopted at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in [[451]] in [[Asia Minor]]. That Council of Chalcedon is one of the seven [[ecumenical council]]s accepted by Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and many Protestant Christian churches.  It is the first Council ''not'' recognized by any of the [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] churches.
 
 ===Oriental Orthodox dissent===
 The Chalcedonian creed was written amid controversy between the western and eastern churches over the meaning of the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|Incarnation]] (see [[Christology]]), the ecclesiastical influence of the [[Byzantine emperor|emperor]], and the supremacy of the Bishop of [[Diocese of Rome|Rome]]. The western churches readily accepted the creed, but some eastern churches did not.
 
 The creed became standard orthodox doctrine, while the [[Coptic church of Alexandria]] dissented, holding to [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]]'s formula of the oneness of Christ’s nature as the incarnation of God the Word. This church felt that this understanding required that the creed should have stated that Christ be acknowledged "'''from''' two natures" rather than "'''in''' two natures". 
 
This [[Miaphysitism|miaphysite]] position, often known as "[[Monophysitism]]", formed the basis for the distinction from other churches of the [[Coptic church]] of Egypt and [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church|Ethiopia]] and the "[[Jacobite Orthodox Church|Jacobite]]" churches of [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syria]] and [[Armenian Orthodox Church|Armenia]] (see [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]). Over the last 30 years, however, the miaphysite position has been accepted as a mere restatement of orthodox belief by [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and by [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}
 
 ==English translation==
 :''We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach people to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood;''<br>
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