Dogmatic letter to the Third Council of Constantinople

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The Dogmatic letter to the Third Council of Constantinople is a papal document by Pope Agatho that articulated orthodox Christological doctrine and significantly influenced the council’s condemnation of Monothelitism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dogmatic document
papal letter
addressedTo Third Council of Constantinople
affirmsCouncil Council of Chalcedon
Third Council of Constantinople
affirmsDoctrine full divinity of Christ
full humanity of Christ
two natures of Christ
aim to refute Monothelite theology
to secure acceptance of Roman Christological teaching
author Pope Agatho
christologicalPosition Christ has two natural operations
Christ has two natural wills
citedIn Third Council of Constantinople
surface form: acts of the Third Council of Constantinople
council Third Council of Constantinople
dateWritten circa 680
doctrine dyothelitism
ecclesiasticalContext East–West relations in the 7th century
geopoliticalContext Byzantine Empire
historicalPeriod 7th century
influenced condemnation of Monothelitism at the Third Council of Constantinople
language Latin
opposesDoctrine Monothelitism
papacyOf Pope Agatho
placeAssociated Rome
recognizedAs orthodox Christological statement
recognizedBy Third Council of Constantinople
relatedToHeresy Monothelitism
religiousTradition Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
statusInCatholicChurch authoritative doctrinal text
supports definition of two operations in Christ
definition of two wills in Christ
theologicalTheme Christology
operations of Christ
wills of Christ
usedAs reference for later Christological teaching

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Pope Agatho wrote Dogmatic letter to the Third Council of Constantinople