THE DEFINITION OF CHALCEDON
"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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