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The '''Fourth Ecumenical Council''' took place in Chalcedon in 451 AD, and is also known as the '''Council of Chalcedon.'''
==History==
The Fourth of the [[Ecumenical Councils|seven Ecumenical Councils]] Dealt with the following:
*Christ's nature and personhood
Regarding the second misunderstanding, the Orthodox do not accept the doctrine of Papal authority as established in 1870 by the Vatican Council and taught in the Roman Catholic Church today. But neither do they deny Rome its place of primacy, as she is first among honor as set up by the second Council. It was Rome, after all, who stayed most true to the faith during many of the [[heresy|heresies]] over the centuries. Where the Orthodox see Rome going wrong is when they turned this place of 'primacy' in love (as St. Ignatius called it) into a place of supremacy of external jurisdiction and power. And so the primacy assigned to Rome does not overthrow the essential quality of all bishops. The Pope may be the 'first Bishop in the Church,' but he is first among equals.
==Commemoration ==
The '''Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council''' are commemorated on [[July 16]] and also on the 9th Sunday after [[Pentecost]] the [[Sunday of the Fathers of the First Six Councils]].
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