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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ecthesis of 638 canonical 1
Ecthesis of Heraclius 1

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Statements (45)

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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Referenced by (2)

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

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