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| Chalcedonian Creed or Definition
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| Creed | Scriptures |
| Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ | Jn. 3:16; Ac. 2:36; 1 Cor. 8:6 |
| 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 | This link quotes Scriptures on his deity and humanity: Two Natures in One Person: He Was Human and God.
Sinless: Is. 59:3; 1 Pe. 2:21–22; 1 Jn. 3:5; 2 Cor. 5:20-21, Heb. 4:15 |
| As regards his Godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages | Ps. 2:7; Jn. 1:14, 8:58; Ac. 13:33; Heb. 1:5, 5:5-7 |
| But yet as regards his manhood begotten, for us men and for our salvation, | Mt. 1:21, 23; Jn. 3:16, 6:33, 38; 1 Tim. 1:15 |
| Of Mary the Virgin, the God-bearer; one and the same Christ, Son, Lord, Only-begotten | Mt. 1:18, 23; Lk 1:35-35; Jn. 1:14, 18. 3:16, 18; Phil. 2:6-7; 3:16, 18; 1 Jn. 4:9. (God bearer = Theotokos) Mt. 1:23; Lk. 1:30-35, 1:42-44, 1:48-49 |
| Recognized in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation; the distinction of natures being in no way annulled by the union | The NT is not a philosophical treatise, so the Councilors had to make logical deductions from these quoted Scriptures: Two Natures in One Person: He Was Human and God |
| 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 | Jn. 1:1-3, 14, 18; 3:16, 18; Ac. 2:36; 1 Cor. 8:6; 1 Jn. 4:9 |
| Even as the prophets from earliest times spoke of him | Mk. 12:36; Ac. 1:16, 28:25; 2 Pe. 1:20-21 |
| Our Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us | M. 2:5-7, Jn. 8:58, 10:30, 14:9; Rev. 22:13 (cf. Rev. 1:8) |
| The creed of the fathers has handed down to us. | |
| Source: https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-chalcedonian-creed/ | |
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