Study guides, historical commentary, and theological reflection on the Chalcedonian Creed.

While Nestorianism divided Christ into two persons, Eutychianism went to the opposite extreme and fused his two natures into one. The Council of Chalcedon rejected both errors with four precise adverbs.

Ordained Minister, M.Div.
April 18, 2026

Nestorius was one of the most powerful bishops in the early church before he was condemned, exiled, and became a byword for heresy. What did he actually teach — and was the condemnation fair?

Ordained Minister, M.Div.
April 12, 2026

In 451 AD, over 500 bishops gathered in Chalcedon to settle a theological dispute that had fractured the Eastern church for a generation. What they decided still shapes how most of the world's Christians understand Jesus Christ.

Ordained Minister, M.Div.
April 4, 2026

The hypostatic union is one of Christian theology's most precise doctrines and one of its most misunderstood. It answers the question: how can one person be both fully God and fully human at the same time?

Ordained Minister, M.Div.
March 28, 2026

The Chalcedonian Creed is one of the most important and least-known statements in all of Christian history. Written in 451 AD to answer one of theology's hardest questions, it still shapes how billions of Christians understand Jesus today.

Ordained Minister, M.Div.
March 21, 2026