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I think considering the issues of the Council of Chalcedon as only "a political issue" and "misunderstanding language" would mean that the Church Fathers stupidly divided the Church and ignore condenations of each other.It could well be so. I don't know these churches from the inside, that proudly label others as heretics who will go to hell.
But all the way from the Council of Chalcedon in 451, stuff that really was more about politics have been dressed in the clothes of theological differences. Today Eastern and Oriental Orthodox agree that the condemnation at that Council mostly depend on misunderstandings because of language problems plus political interests. Those ghastly "monophysites" don't exist. It was all largely misunderstanding, and slightly different ways of phrasing highly related concepts.
I'd like to remind that many Orthodox still don't accept Protestant baptism, but baptise those who convert. And before the Second Vatican Council, the Catholics considered us all heretics. *shrug*
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