the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of Constantinople
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monothelitism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | heresy, theological doctrine, unorthodoxy |
Examples of monothelitism
monothelitism
Specifically, monothelitism teaches that JesusChrist had two natures but only one will.
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Monothelitism is a development of the miaphysite or monophysite position in the Christological debates.
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Monothelitism taught that in the one person of Jesus there were two natures, but only a divine will.
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Later interpreters of the Council held that Chalcedonian Christology also rejected monothelitism and monergism.
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When Sophronius, a major critic of monothelitism was elected as Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Empire began once again to tear itself apart.
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This doctrine, monothelitism, was meant as a compromise between supporters of Chalcedon, like the Maronites, and opponents, like the Jacobites.
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Monothelitism is the teaching that Christ has only one will, the divine will, in contrast with the teaching that He has both a divine will and a human will.
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In reading the following article, it should be borne in mind that most western scholarship rejects the view that monothelitism was a quasi-Apollinarian heresy that denied Christ a human will.
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- The theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of Constantinople
- Monothelitism (from Greek meaning "one will") is a particular teaching about how the divine and human relate in the person of Jesus, known as a Christological doctrine, that formally emerged in Armenia and Syria in 629 AD. ...
- A heresy of the seventh century, which developed in an attempt to reconcile the monophysites with the Orthodox. The monothelites accept the two Natures of Christ, but deny His human will (Thelesis), accepting thereby only his Divine
