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Concerning Christ's nature and personhood, the Council rejected Dioscorus' position, and proclaimed that:
:''...while Christ is a single, undivided person, He is not only from two natures but in two natures. The bishops acclaimed the Tome of St. [[Leo the Great]], [[Pope]] of Rome (died 461), in which the distinction between the two natures is clearly stated, although the unity of Christ's person is also emphasized. In their proclamation of faith they stated their belief in 'one and the same son, perfect in Godhead and perfect in humanity, truly God and truly human... acknowledged in two natures unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably; the difference between the natures is in no way removed because of the union, but rather the peculiar property of each nature is preserved, and both combine in one person and in on hypostasis.''
This definition, where the distinction between Christ's two natures and the unity of His personhood are both emphasized, was aimed not only at the Monophysites, but also the followers of [[Nestorianism|Nestorius]].