Monothelite
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Etymology
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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Thus Rome and the East were suddenly delivered from a revolution which had fallen upon them with equal suddenness, a fresh domination of the Monothelite heresy.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
Monothelite, mon-oth′e-līt, n. one who holds that Christ had but one will and one operation or energy, as He had but one nature.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
In the meantime Sergius had died, and Heraclius had put his friend Pyrrhus, who shared his Monothelite heresy, in his place at Constantinople.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
This is almost the most important document55 in the whole Monothelite struggle: a great theological treatise, which embraces the Trinity and the Incarnation, and fully sets forth the doctrine of the Two Operations in Christ.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
Bardanes, Philippicus, reigns eighteen months, and tries to set up again the Monothelite heresy, 281; deposed and blinded, 282.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.
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