Ecthesis of 638

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The Ecthesis of 638 was an imperial Byzantine doctrinal decree issued by Emperor Heraclius that sought to resolve Christological disputes by officially promoting the Monothelite teaching of a single will in Christ.

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Ecthesis of 638 canonical 1
Ecthesis of Heraclius 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine doctrinal decree
Christological document
imperial decree
addressedTo all Christians in the Byzantine Empire
bishops of the Byzantine Empire
alsoKnownAs Ecthesis
Ekthesis
linked to: the Ekthesis
approvedBy Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople
category 7th-century Christian texts
Byzantine imperial documents
Christian theological documents
commissionedBy Heraclius
condemnationDate 680–681
condemnedBy Sixth Ecumenical Council
Third Council of Constantinople
controversy Monothelite controversy
dateIssued 638
doctrinePromoted Monothelitism
enforcedBy Byzantine imperial authority
followedBy Typos of Constans II
historicalContext post-Chalcedonian Christological debates
historicalPeriod reign of Heraclius
influencedBy Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople
intendedTo reconcile Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians
resolve Christological disputes
issuedBy Byzantine Empire
Heraclius
language Greek
legalForm imperial edict
legalStatusLater condemned as heretical
opposedBy Pope John IV
Pope Severinus
Rome
opposedDoctrine Dyothelitism
placeOfIssue Constantinople
politicalGoal religious unity in the Byzantine Empire
promulgatedBy Emperor Heraclius
linked to: Heraclius
region Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
relatedToCouncil Council of Chalcedon
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity
Eastern Orthodoxy
subject Christology
Monothelitism
teaches Christ has a single will
Christ has two natures but one will

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Monothelitism influencedDocument Ecthesis of 638
Typos of Constans II follows Ecthesis of Heraclius
subject linked to: the Typos of Constans II
linked to: Ecthesis of 638