ABSTRACT
In the history of the church creeds, councils and doctrinal developments have been directly interconnected. Questions over beliefs, interpretations of the Scriptures, discipline and liturgical practices have raised questions since the beginning of Christianity. Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew from Galilee and his close followers were his local, rural compatriots, some of them fishermen in the Sea of Galilee, who expected the coming of the Jewish Messiah. The shortcomings and the positive contribution of the Chalcedonian statement to the development of the Christian doctrine still attracts the attention of modern scholars, confirming the irreplaceable status of the council not only during the Patristic period, but also in the ongoing debate on the Christian interpretation of Christ's uniqueness as both a human and divine being. The encounter with Graeco-Roman philosophy and its mindset stimulated a number of great debates and helped to define a whole range of theological dilemmas.
