Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who holds that Christ has but one will, the divine; specifically, one of a heretical sect or party in the Eastern Empire in the seventh century, which held that in Christ there are but one will (the divine will absorbing the human) and one operation or energy (
ἐνέργεια ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf.
Monophysite .
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- noun Alternative form of
Monothelete .
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Examples
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He was the greatest defender of Orthodoxy against what was called the Monothelite heresy, which developed from the heresy of Eutyches, i.e., as Eutyches asserted that there is only one nature in Christ, so the Monothelites asserted that there is only one will in Him - the Divine.
orrologion 2009
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It was there decided that Jesus Christ had two wills; and Pope Honorius I., was condemned as a Monothelite, i. e., as wishing Jesus Christ to have but one will
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It is profitable, too, to reflect on the background against which St. Sophronius wrote: the Persian invasions that Emperor Heraclius repelled with desperate fighting, the Monophysite and Monothelite controversies within the Church, and the Moslem assault that placed the birthplace of Christianity under alien rule.
Lenten Weblog 2005
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Thus, the Christians of the Euphrates Valley became firmly Nestorian, the Armenians Monophysite, and the Maronites, now the leading Lebanese Christian community, Monothelite.
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Thus, the Christians of the Euphrates Valley became firmly Nestorian, the Armenians Monophysite, and the Maronites, now the leading Lebanese Christian community, Monothelite.
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Monothelite heresy seemed an expedient whereby to compound with the
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Pope Gregory signalized the beginning of his popedom by deposing John VI., the Monothelite, false patriarch of
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Monothelite heresy, not known before the year 620.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Cyrus, bishop of Phasis, a virulent Monothelite, was by
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Monothelite heresy, which he confuted in a learned letter to that emperor, by the tradition of the apostolic church of Rome:
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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