After the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, the Church of Alexandria was split between the Miaphysites and the Melkites. |
The army was collected, the bridge was ready, when Darius came to Chalcedon. |
Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the Monophysite direction. |
It also served as a repository of several ecumenical councils such as the Council of Nicea, Council of Ephesus, and the Council of Chalcedon. |
No doubt these, too, are offending the champions of the Council of Chalcedon. |
They never adopted the theory of the Nature of God, which was formulated later than the break that followed the Council of Chalcedon. |