Ecthesis of 638

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Byzantine doctrinal decree Christological document imperial decree

The Ecthesis of 638 was an imperial Byzantine doctrinal decree issued by Emperor Heraclius that sought to resolve Christological disputes by officially promoting the Monothelite teaching of a single will in Christ.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ecthesis of 638 canonical 1
Ecthesis of Heraclius 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine doctrinal decree ⓘ
Christological document ⓘ
imperial decree ⓘ
addressedTo all Christians in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
bishops of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ecthesis ⓘ
the Ekthesis ⓘ
surface form: Ekthesis
approvedBy Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople (posthumously) ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople
category 7th-century Christian texts ⓘ
Byzantine imperial documents ⓘ
Christian theological documents ⓘ
commissionedBy Heraclius ⓘ
condemnationDate 680–681 ⓘ
condemnedBy Sixth Ecumenical Council ⓘ
Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
controversy Monothelite controversy ⓘ
dateIssued 638 ⓘ
doctrinePromoted Monothelitism ⓘ
enforcedBy Byzantine imperial authority ⓘ
followedBy the Typos of Constans II ⓘ
surface form: Typos of Constans II
historicalContext post-Chalcedonian Christological debates ⓘ
historicalPeriod reign of Heraclius ⓘ
influencedBy Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople (posthumously) ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople
intendedTo reconcile Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Christians ⓘ
resolve Christological disputes ⓘ
issuedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Heraclius ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legalForm imperial edict ⓘ
legalStatusLater condemned as heretical ⓘ
opposedBy Pope John IV ⓘ
Pope Severinus ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Dyothelitism ⓘ
placeOfIssue Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
politicalGoal religious unity in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
promulgatedBy Heraclius ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Heraclius
region Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
relatedToCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
subject Christology ⓘ
Monothelitism ⓘ
teaches Christ has a single will ⓘ
Christ has two natures but one will ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monothelitism → influencedDocument → Ecthesis of 638 ⓘ
the Typos of Constans II → follows → Ecthesis of 638 ⓘ
subject surface form: Typos of Constans II
this entity surface form: Ecthesis of Heraclius