Chalcedon in Context: Church Councils 400-700. Edited by Richard Price and Mary Whitby. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2009, 256 pages.

Chalcedon in Context: Church Councils 400-700. Edited by Richard Price and Mary Whitby. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2009, 256 pages. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 Price Cloth $95.00 ISBN: 9781846311772

Synopsis

The Council of Chalcedon in 451 was a defining moment in the Christological controversies that tore apart the churches of the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries, as theological division, political rivalry, and sectarian violence produced a schism that persists to this day between Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches. The Acts of the Councils are one of the largest collections of source materials relating to the Church of Late Antiquity and its state relations, and this volume builds upon the acclaimed translation of the Council of Chalcedon of 451, ultimately informing historians on how to approach manifold aspects of these documents.

* Table of Contents

Introduction Averil Cameron

The Council of Chalcedon and the Definition of Christian Tradition David M. Gwynn

‘Reading’ the First Council of Ephesus (431) Thomas Graumann

The Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus (449) Fergus Millar

The Council of Chalcedon (451): A Narrative Richard Price

Why Did the Syrians reject the Council of Chalcedon? Andrew Louth

The Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Malleable Past Richard Price

The Lateran Council of 649 as an Ecumenical Council Catherine Cubitt

The Quinisext Council (692) as a Continuation of Chalcedon Judith Herrin

Acclamations at the Council of Chalcedon Charlotte Roueche

An Unholy Crew? Bishops Behaving Badly at Church Councils Michael Whitby

* Bio

Richard Price is head of the History of Christianity subject group at Heythrop College, University of London. He is the author of Theodoret, History of the Monks of Syria: A Translation and Commentary, among other volumes. Mary Whitby is a lector, faculty of classics, and a lecturer in ancient Greek at Merton College, Oxford. She is the general editor of Liverpool University Press’s Translated Texts for Historians series.