Monothelite

American  

[muh-noth-uh-lahyt] / məˈnɒθ əˌlaɪt /

noun

Theology.

1. a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.

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Other Word Forms

• Monothelism noun
• Monothelitic adjective
• Monothelitism noun

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

Example Sentences

These were the wounds struck by the Monothelite heresy on the Christian Church and the eastern empire in the first fifty years which ran from the death of Mohammed.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

After the death of Sophronius, the intellectual combat against the Monothelite heresy rested mainly upon him.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

Sixth general council of the Church, at Constantinople; Monothelite heresy condemned.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Henceforth to the end of his life, at the age of eighty-two, he became, by word and deed, a champion of the Catholic faith against the Monothelite heresy.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

His place was taken by Paulus, a still more zealous Monothelite.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.