“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to give strong support
to those whose heart is blameless toward him.”
2 Chronicles 16:9
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The Definition of the Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D)
Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a
reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance
with us as regards his manhood; like us in all respects, apart from sin; as regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father
before the ages, but yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer;
one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten, recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without
division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union, but rather the characteristics
of each nature being preserved and coming together to form one person and subsistence, not as parted or separated into two
persons, but one and the same Son and Only-begotten God the Word, Lord Jesus Christ; even as the prophets from earliest
times spoke of him, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us, and the creed of the fathers has handed down to us.
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