Heraclius had set out to much of his Empire from the Persians and had attempted to bridge the controversy with Monophysitism, which was particularly strong in Syria and Egypt, by proposing a moderate theological position that had as good support in the tradition as any other.

Monophysitism ( or ; Greek: monos meaning " only, single " and physis meaning " nature "), is the Christological position that, after the union of the divine and the human in the historical Incarnation, Jesus Christ, as the incarnation of the eternal Son or Word ( Logos ) of God, had only a single " nature " which was either divine or a synthesis of divine and human.

Monophysitism was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 ( the " Fourth Ecumenical Council "), which among other things adopted the Definition of Chalcedon ( often known as the " Chalcedonian Creed ") stating that Christ is the eternal Son of God " made known in two natures without confusion mixture, without change, without division, without separation, the difference of the natures being by no means removed because of the union, but the property of each nature being preserved and coalescing in one prosopon and one hupostasis -- not parted or divided into two prosopa, but one and the same Son, only-begotten, divine Word, the Lord Jesus Christ.

This internal division was dangerous for the Byzantine Empire, which was under constant threat from external enemies, especially as many of the areas most likely to be lost to the empire were the regions that were in favour of Monophysitism, and who considered the religious hierarchy at Constantinople to be heretics only interested in crushing their faith.

He declared that it was nothing more than a bastardized form of Monophysitism, and consequently it went against the hard fought achievements at Chalcedon.

This schism was the consequence of the " Henoticon " of the Emperor Zeno and supported by his successor Anastasius, who became more and more inclined towards Monophysitism and persecuted those bishops who refused to repudiate the Council of Chalcedon.

It was not until the year 540 that Vigilius felt himself obliged to take a stand in regard to Monophysitism, which he did in two letters sent to Constantinople.

In religious matters, he was very tolerant towards Monophysitism, although he was a supporter of the Council of Chalcedon.

The internal schisms such as that over Monophysitism was followed by the Islamic conquests which began in the late 7th century, resulting in the Patriarch's ecclesiastical authority becoming entangled in the politics of imperial authority and later Islamic hegemony.

The revolt also had religious meaning as the rebels were Chalcedonian Christians while Zeno was an adherent of Monophysitism.

On the other hand, the Ghassanids remained fervently dedicated to Monophysitism, which brought about their break with Byzantium and Mundhir's own downfall and exile, which was followed after 586 by the dissolution of the Ghassanid federation.

Originally a deacon of the Church of Alexandria, Dioscurus was forced to flee as an opponent of Monophysitism, arriving in Rome around 506 during the Laurentian schism.

On his part, another Georgian historian, Simon Janashia, argues that Vakhtang was inclined towards Diophysitism while Mikel adhered to Monophysitism.

However, after the Council of Chalcedon ( 451 ), the position of the Pentarchy's Patriarchate of Alexandria was weakened by a division in which the great majority of its Christian population followed the form of Christianity that its opponents called Monophysitism.

They gained influence in military, political, and theological matters, although the hypothesis that the Greens tended towards Monophysitism and the Blues represented Orthodoxy is disputed.

The races in the Hippodrome used four teams: red, white, blue and green ; and the supporters of these became political factions, taking sides on the great theological issues — which were also political questions — of Arianism, Nestorianism and Monophysitism, and therefore on the Imperial claimants who also took sides.

Justinian saw the orthodoxy of his empire threatened by diverging religious currents, especially Monophysitism, which had many adherents in the eastern provinces of Syria and Egypt.

Monophysitism is contrasted to dyophysitism ( or dia -, dio -, or duophysitism ) which maintains that Christ maintained two natures, one divine and one human, after the Incarnation.

The term Monophysitism of which Eutychianism is one type, held that the human and divine natures of Christ were fused into one new single ( mono ) nature.

Noted teacher and preacher, he explained Catholic dogma of the Council of Chalcedon ( which focused on the nature of Jesus as both God and human ), wrote a series of letters to the faithful against Monophysitism and Monothelitism, and then travelled Syria to explain the heresy.

The latter deny this charge, arguing that they reject both the Monophysitism of Eutyches, whom they consider a heretic, as well as Dyophysitism espoused by the Council of Chalcedon, which they equate with Nestorianism, for a doctrine they term miaphysitism, or that in Jesus Christ, divinity and humanity exist as " one divinized nature " ( physis ), as opposed to the orthodox Chalcedonian teaching of a divine nature ( physis ) and a human nature ( physis ) united in in the one person ( hypostasis ) of Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, with neither confusion nor division, a doctrine called the " hypostatic union ".

Soon after his enthronement he forwarded his noted synodical letter to Pope Honorius I and to the Eastern patriarchs, explaining the orthodox belief in the two natures, human and divine, of Christ, as opposed to Monothelitism, which he viewed as a subtle form of heretical Monophysitism ( which posited a single nature for Christ ).

Monophysitism and its antithesis, Nestorianism, were both hotly disputed and divisive competing tenets in the maturing Christian traditions during the first half of the 5th century, during the tumultuous last decades of the Western Empire.

Monophysite doctrine had been condemned as a heresy by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and the tolerant policies towards Monophysitism of Zeno and Anastasius I had been a source of tension in the relationship with the bishops of Rome.

A brief definition of Monophysitism can be given as: " Jesus Christ, who is identical with the Son, is one person and one hypostasis in one nature: divine.

It considers Monophysitism, as taught by Eutyches and condemned at Chalcedon, a heresy and only disagrees with the formula defined by the Council of Chalcedon.

Monoenergism is a Christian heresy related to and often paired with Monophysitism.

The assertion that God is both Father and God to Jesus is central to the Monophysitism / Diphysitism debate.

* September 29 – Severus, patriarch of Antioch, is deposed by a synod for his Monophysitism.

In the Roman Empire, the doctrine of Monophysitism developed in reaction to Nestorianism.

The Council of Ehesus debated hyposthasis ( co-existing natures ) versus Monophysitism ( only one nature ) versus Miaphysitism ( two natures united as one ) versus Nestorianism ( disunion of two natures ).

Misrepresented as a denial of his true humanity, this used to be denigrated as the heresy of Monophysitism, though now the neutral terms Miaphysite and Miaphysitism are widely preferred.

Monophysitism survived and developed into the Miaphysitism of the modern Oriental Orthodox churches.

The Liber Pontificalis records that the following year John obtained valuable gifts as well as a profession of orthodox faith from the Byzantine emperor Justinian I the Great, a significant accomplishment in light of the strength of Monophysitism in the Byzantine Empire at that time.

* Pope Vigilius rejects Monophysitism in letters to Justinian I and patriarch Menas of Constantinople.

Monophysitism is occasionally referred to as " monophysiticism.

Monophysitism and Eutyches were again rejected at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

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