Monothelite controversy

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The Monothelite controversy was a 7th-century theological dispute within Christianity over whether Christ had one will or two, which deeply divided the Eastern and Western churches and prompted several major church councils.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrinal dispute ⓘ
Christological controversy ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
divided Eastern Church ⓘ
Western Church ⓘ
doctrinalOutcome Christ has two natural operations ⓘ
Christ has two natural wills ⓘ
Christ’s human will is not abolished by his divine will ⓘ
field Christology ⓘ
hasCause debate over whether Christ has one will or two wills ⓘ
hasEffect affirmation of two wills in Christ ⓘ
condemnation of Monothelitism as heresy ⓘ
excommunications and depositions of church leaders ⓘ
formal definition of dyothelitism ⓘ
tension between papacy and Byzantine emperors ⓘ
hasToDoWith nature and person of Christ ⓘ
relationship between Christ’s human and divine natures ⓘ
will of Christ ⓘ
historicalImpact deepened divisions between Eastern and Western churches ⓘ
shaped later orthodox Christological doctrine ⓘ
influencedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
earlier Monophysite controversies ⓘ
location Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
mainTopic Monothelitism ⓘ
dyothelitism ⓘ
opposedBy supporters of dyothelitism ⓘ
participant Byzantine emperors ⓘ
Eastern Christian bishops ⓘ
Western Christian bishops ⓘ
bishops of Rome ⓘ
patriarchs of Constantinople ⓘ
relatedConcept Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Miaphysitism ⓘ
Monenergism ⓘ
Monophysitism ⓘ
Monothelitism ⓘ
dyothelitism ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent Council of Constantinople of 680–681 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople of 692 (Quinisext Council) ⓘ
Lateran Council of 649 ⓘ
Sixth Ecumenical Council ⓘ
Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
startTime 7th century ⓘ
supportedBy supporters of Monothelitism ⓘ
timePeriod Byzantine era ⓘ

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Pope Agatho → seeAlso → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Constantine IV → religiousIssueAddressed → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: Emperor Constantine IV
Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople → controversy → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Constantinople → roleIn → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Constantinople → seeAlso → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Macarius of Antioch → participatedIn → the Monothelite controversy ⓘ
linked to: Monothelite controversy
Ambigua → relatedTo → monothelite controversy ⓘ
linked to: Monothelite controversy
Questions to Thalassius → associatedWith → monothelite controversy ⓘ
linked to: Monothelite controversy
Ekthesis → controversy → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: the Ekthesis
Typos of Constans II → theologicalContext → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
subject linked to: the Typos of Constans II
Ecthesis of 638 → controversy → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Pope Severinus → seeAlso → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Pope Eugene I → associatedWith → Monothelite controversy ⓘ
Byzantine Papacy → hasNotableEvent → Monothelite controversy ⓘ