Associations to the word «Chalcedon»

Wiktionary

CHALCEDON, proper noun. An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium

Dictionary definition

CHALCEDON, noun. A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.
CHALCEDON, noun. The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras