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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Paulus sent a long answer,26 in which he expressed the Monothelite doctrine.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
It is to be noted that the Archbishop of Carthage is not mentioned, for Fortunatus was elected somewhat later to take the place of a Monothelite.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
With the close of the Council the definition of Christian doctrine passes into the background till the rise of the Monothelite controversy.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton
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 Thomas W. Allies
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 Thomas W. Allies
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