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===Schism over Chalcedon===
Disputes over the [[Christology]] of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]] at Chalcedon—the [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]] controversy—in 451 led to a [[schism]] within the Church of Antioch, which at that same council was elevated to the status of a [[patriarchate]]. The larger group at the time repudiated the council and became what some people call the [[Church of Antioch (Jacobite)|Syriac Orthodox Church]], and which other westerners (also call called the "Jacobites" (named for [[Jacob Baradeus]], an early bishop of theirs who did extensive missionary work in the region). The official name in English for this Church, by the members of this Church, is [http://soca.cjb.net/ Syrian Orthodox Church]. They currently comprise part of the [[Oriental Orthodox]] communion and hold to a Christology somewhat different in language. But since the three 1989 to 1992 [http://www.antiochian.org.au/content/category/7/30/21/ Chambesy Agreements], the understanding of the true nature of Christ is now universally considered by all Byzantine Orthodox, and all Oriental Orthodox Churches, to be the same in essence.
The remainder of the Church of Antioch, primarily local Greeks or Hellenized sections of the indigenous population, remained in communion with Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem. This is the current ''Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East'' which is considered by the other bishops of the Byzantine Orthodox Church to be the sole legimate heir to the [[see]] of Antioch.
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