The Four Ecumenical Creeds: Side-by-Side Textual Comparison
The Four Ecumenical Creeds: Side-by-Side Textual Comparison (IMAGE • charts): Apostles' Creed, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (381 AD), Chalcedonian Definition (451 AD) & Athanasian Creed It is closely linked with Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) (Fourth Ecumenical Council, defined Christ in two natures without confusion or separation): The Council of Chalcedon was the largest patristic council (~520 bishops), convoked by Emperor Marcian, which formulated the historic Chalcedonian Definition: Jesus Christ is one and the same Son, complete in deity and complete in humanity, recognized in two natures 'without confusion, without change, without division, without separation' (in duabus naturis inconfuse, immutabiliter, indivise, inseparabiliter).