Monothelite
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Origin of Monothelite
1540–50; < Medieval Latin monothelīta < Late Greek monothelḗtēs, equivalent to Greek mono- mono- + thelētḗs willer, equivalent to thelē- (variant stem of thélein to will) + -tēs agent suffix
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Then followed the Monothelite heresy, which was a revival of the Eutychian or Monophysite, and was condemned in the Sixth.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
Several of the letters written by Pope Martin after the Lateran Synod testify his zeal to overthrow the Monothelite heresy.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
The Monothelite patriarch Peter had died in 666, two years before Constans.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
He lays down the doctrine which opposes the Monothelite heresy, not as a matter for discussion, but as absolutely determined.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
He desired in confirmation of the Monothelite doctrine to raise up a dead man.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
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