Monoenergism

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Monoenergism is a 7th-century Christological doctrine asserting that Christ had only one divine-human energy, later rejected as heretical by the Church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dyothelitism 4
Monoenergism canonical 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological doctrine
Christological doctrine
aimedToAchieve doctrinal unity in the Byzantine Empire
assertsAboutChrist single mode of operation
associatedWith Eastern Christianity
category Christian heresies
Christology
concerns the energies of Christ
the nature of Christ
considered heretical by the Catholic Church
heretical by the Orthodox Church
contradicts teaching of two natural operations in Christ
criticizedBy St. Maximus the Confessor
surface form: Maximus the Confessor

Sophronius of Jerusalem
debatedIn Byzantine theological controversies
denies existence of two distinct energies in Christ
developedInContextOf Byzantine Empire
distinguishedFrom Dyophysitism
Miaphysitism
surface form: Monophysitism
era 7th century
historicalRegion Eastern Mediterranean
historicalStatus abandoned doctrine
influencedBy Chalcedonian Christianity
surface form: Chalcedonian Christology

Miaphysitism
surface form: Miaphysite Christology
keyConcept one theandric energy of Christ
languageOfFormulation Greek
mainClaim Christ has only one divine-human energy
opposedTo Dyenergism
Dyophysitism
surface form: Dyothelitism
precedes Monothelitism
proposedAs compromise between Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian positions
rejectedByCouncil Third Council of Constantinople
relatedTo Monothelitism
religiousTradition Christianity
statusInModernChurches not accepted by major Christian denominations
theologicalIssue relationship between Christ’s divinity and humanity
timeOfCondemnation 680–681

Referenced by (5)

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Pope Agatho supportedDoctrine Monoenergism
this entity surface form: Dyothelitism
Emperor Constantine IV supportedDoctrine Monoenergism
subject surface form: Constantine IV
this entity surface form: Dyothelitism
Monothelitism contrastsWith Monoenergism
this entity surface form: Dyothelitism
Pyrrhus of Constantinople doctrineOpposed Monoenergism
this entity surface form: Dyothelitism