Shane, the Chalcedonian definition is not "dogma for all branches of Christianity." It was explicitly rejected by churches that became the Oriental Orthodox communion.
Hence their identity as "non-Chalcedonian," to say nothing of their enduring split with Eastern Orthodoxy and all its offspring: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, etc.
On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 23, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> > A Christian confused
> > about who Jesus is and is not would be an unusual sort of Christian
> indeed!
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> On the contrary, confusion about the Jew Y'shua is fundamental to all
> forms of Christian belief. What can be more confused than the Chalcedonian
> doctrine--dogma for all branches of Christianity--that the Jew Y'shua was
> both "wholly man and wholly God?" All Christians, the usual and unusual
> equally, are imbricated in that confusion (as well as all sorts of others).
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> Shane Mage
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> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures.
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos
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