monotheletism
monothelitism

Yet the Byzantine emperors were still not finished with the doctrine of Monotheletism.

Over the next few months, several local synods in Africa proceeded to condemn Monotheletism as heresy.

Constantine IV was determined to solve the problem of the monotheletism/chalcedon controversy once and for all.

This doctrine of Monoenergism was the precursor of Monotheletism.

He was a supporter of Monotheletism, a christological doctrine propounded by the Emperor Heraclius.

This sanction was imposed by Patriarch Paul II as a result of disagreements over Monotheletism.

He was opposed to Maximus the Confessor, the defender of orthodoxy against monotheletism and wrote an unfriendly biography of him.

In an attempt to heal the doctrinal divide between Chalcedonian and monophysite Christians, Heraclius proposed monotheletism as a compromise.

After the Monophysite provinces were finally lost to the Muslims, Monotheletism rather lost its raison d'être and was eventually abandoned.

Constans II, the grandson of Heraclius was not a supporter of Monotheletism, and was determined to end the dispute with the west.

This notion of Monotheletism, the Doctrine of the Single Will as proscribed in the Ecthesis was sent as an edict to all four eastern metropolitan sees.

Both Monoenergism as well as Monotheletism were condemned as heresies by the Sixth Ecumenical Council, held in Constantinople in 680.

Faced with the uncompromising religious controversy that had perplexed his father he convened another ecumenical council, the sixth (Third Council of Constantinople) in 680, which condemned Monotheletism.

The obvious reason was the latter's support for Monotheletism, but it undoubtedly was also a reaction to the Muslim conquest of Egypt, and the threat it presented to Byzantine Africa.

Meanwhile, in Africa, a monk named Maximus the Confessor carried on a furious campaign against Monotheletism, and in 646 he convinced the African councils to draw up a manifesto against the doctrine.

After the bishop of Pharan was deposed for the heresy of monotheletism in 681 AD, the see was transferred to the monastery itself, the abbot becoming the bishop of Pharan.

He was asked for his views on monotheletism, the doctrine of the single will recently espoused by the patriarchate of Constantinople, and responded with a confession of faith which was accepted by the Roman bishops.

The Type of Constans is an imperial edict released by Byzantine Emperor Constans II in 648 in an attempt to defuse the confusion and arguments over the Christological doctrine of Monotheletism.

In 638 the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (r. 610-641) demanded that the newly elected Pope, Severinus sign his assent to the Ecthesis, a document which defined monotheletism as the official imperial form of Christianity.

The emperor continued to persecute any who spoke out against Monotheletism, including Maximus the Confessor and a number of his disciples - Maximus lost his tongue and his right hand in an effort to have him recant.

In Rome and the west, the opposition to Monotheletism was reaching fever pitch, and the "Type" of Constans did nothing to defuse the situation; indeed it made it worse by implying that either doctrine was a good as the other.

The Exarchate at this time was in internal turmoil due to the conflict between the mainly Orthodox Chalcedonian population and the supporters of Monotheletism, an attempt at compromise between Chalcedonianism and Monophysitism devised and promoted by Heraclius in 638.

By 649, when his successor Olympius is named as being at Ravenna, he was already back at the imperial court in Constantinople, functioning as the advisor of Emperor Constans II on the Italian situation regarding Pope Martin I's resistance to Monotheletism.

With the exception of Pope Martin I, no pope during this period questioned the authority of the Byzantine monarch to confirm the election of the bishop of Rome before consecration could occur; however, theological conflicts were common between pope and emperor in the areas such as monotheletism and iconoclasm.

This brought to an end the controversy over Monothelitism.

The latter deals with monothelitism, a heresy of the time.

Despite the strong initial spread to Monothelitism belief, 640 brought an abrupt end to this.

They must have felt that any other course of action would leave the door open for a revival of monothelitism.

Monothelitism taught that in the one person of Jesus there were two natures, but only a divine will.

He called a Council at once and condemned Monothelitism.

Specifically, monothelitism is the view that Jesus Christ has two natures but only one will.

Thus, it condemned Monophysitism and would be influential in refuting Monothelitism.

Gregory responded by sending a letter outlining the traditional Roman position against Monothelitism.

Because he would not submit to Byzantine dictation in the matter of Monothelitism, St.

This led Heraclius to abandon the teaching in 638 and to attempt to enforce instead the doctrine of Monothelitism.

It was championed by Maximus the Confessor against monothelitism, the doctrine of one will.

This document defined Monothelitism as the official imperial form of Christianity, and it would remain very controversial in the next years after its implementation.

Macarius of Antioch defended monothelitism but was condemned and deposed, along with his partisans.

This position is in opposition to the Monothelitism position in the Christological debates.

But during 638 in Rome, Pope Honorius I who had seemed to support monothelitism died.

Patriarch John VI, strongly associated with Monothelitism, was eventually dismissed.

The 105 bishops present condemned Monothelitism in the official acts of the synod, which some believe may have been written by Maximus.

He is known primarily for his monothelitism and his opposition to the Pope Theodore I.

In 712, Constantine rejected Philippikos demand to revive Monothelitism.

Heraclius tried to promote a compromise doctrine called Monothelitism; however, this philosophy was rejected as heretical by both sides of the dispute.

At his death bed on 11 February 641, Heraclius died whispering that he had lied; he was reluctant to support monothelitism.

With this declaration Monothelitism became heresy, and Maximus was posthumously declared innocent of all charges against him.

If Theodore's vigorous action produced no result at Constantinople, it elsewhere excited strong opposition to Monothelitism.

Sergius promulgated the belief that Jesus Christ had two natures but one will, known as Monothelitism.