the Typos of Constans II

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The Typos of Constans II was an imperial edict issued by Byzantine Emperor Constans II that attempted to silence theological debate over Christ’s wills during the Monothelite controversy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine legal document ⓘ
imperial edict ⓘ
aim to end theological debate over Christ’s wills ⓘ
to impose silence on discussion of one or two wills in Christ ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil prelude to Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
attemptedResolutionMethod enforced silence rather than doctrinal definition ⓘ
attemptedTo silence theological debate over Christ’s wills ⓘ
belongsToGenre imperial religious legislation ⓘ
chronologicalContext 7th century ⓘ
concerns nature and operations of Christ ⓘ
controversial true ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
doctrinalStatusInCatholicChurch later rejected ⓘ
enforcedBy imperial authority of Constans II ⓘ
era reign of Constans II ⓘ
follows Ecthesis of Heraclius ⓘ
linked to: Ecthesis of 638
geographicScope Constantinople ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasTheologicalImpact intensified conflict between imperial policy and Western church ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine Empire, early Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
historicalSignificance key document in the Monothelite controversy ⓘ
issuedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Constans II ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Constans II
issuedByPerson Constans II ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Constans II
issuedByTitle Byzantine emperor ⓘ
jurisdiction Byzantine Church ⓘ
Byzantine imperial territories ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legalNature imperial decree on doctrine and discipline ⓘ
namedAfter Constans II ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Constans II
opposedBy many Western church leaders ⓘ
supporters of Dyothelitism ⓘ
positionOnDoctrine prohibited affirming either one will or two wills in Christ ⓘ
suspended public theological discussion of Monothelitism and Dyothelitism ⓘ
purpose to reduce conflict between Monothelites and Dyothelites ⓘ
to secure religious unity in the empire ⓘ
relatedTo Dyothelitism ⓘ
linked to: Dyophysitism

Ecthesis ⓘ
linked to: the Ekthesis

Monothelitism ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Eastern Christianity ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
religiousPolicyOf Constans II ⓘ
linked to: Emperor Constans II
subject Christology ⓘ
wills of Christ ⓘ
theologicalContext Monothelite controversy ⓘ
typeOfNorm doctrinal and disciplinary edict ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lateran Council of 649 → condemned → the Typos of Constans II ⓘ
Monothelitism → influencedDocument → Typos of Constans II ⓘ
linked to: the Typos of Constans II
Ekthesis → followedBy → Typos of Constans II ⓘ
subject linked to: the Ekthesis
linked to: the Typos of Constans II
Ekthesis → alsoKnownAs → Ekthesis of Heraclius ⓘ
subject linked to: the Ekthesis
linked to: the Typos of Constans II
Ecthesis of 638 → followedBy → Typos of Constans II ⓘ
linked to: the Typos of Constans II