The Chalcedonian Creed

Declaring the true nature of Christ.

Held by: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, the Anglican Communion and most Protestant churches

Introduction: by Randy Pritts

The Chalcedonian Creed was adopted in response to the growing Eutichianism heresies. According to it's founder Eutichus "The divine nature was so modified and accommodated to the human nature that Christ was not really divine...At the same time the human nature was so modified and changed by assimilation to the divine nature that He was no longer genuinely human." This creed strongly refutes that belief. It is important for us to grasp the difference in Christ's nature that was being suggested because this heresy has evolved into several competing and contemporary forms. Who Jesus is is of vital relevance to the modern Faith. There are many versions of Jesus out there to believe in. We must choose the version of Jesus that only the Word of God reveals direct.

The Chalcedonian Creed:

We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent, teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; truly God and truly man, of a reasonable rational soul and body; consubstantial [co-essential] with the Father according to the Godhead, and consubstantial with us according to the Manhood; in all things like unto us, without sin; begotten before all ages of the Father according to the Godhead, and in these latter days, for us and for our salvation, born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, only begotten, to be acknowledged in two natures, inconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the distinction of natures being by no means taken away by the union, but rather the property of each nature being preserved, and concurring in one Person and one Subsistence, not parted or divided into two persons, but one and the same Son, and only begotten, God the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; as the prophets from the beginning have declared concerning Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself has taught us, and the Creed of the holy Fathers has handed down to us.

Comment Board: ChalcedonianCreed

Tags: Christ, Jesus, Godhead, Cosubstantial, Eutichianism, Heresy,