Meaning of dyothelism | Babel Free

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The doctrine of two wills (human and divine) in Christ.

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“From that day, dyothelism became the official doctrine of the Orthodox Church, both in the East and in the West; and in the eighth century it found a most subtle expounder in John of Damascus.”

“Two years later Anastasius II reinstituted dyothelism, and the same bishops who had two years before vetoed dyothelism now changed their mind⟳, and adopted it as the only true exposition of faith !”

“Finally, the concept of divine adoption becomes a controlling feature of the theology of deification in Maximus, due to his concern⟳ to maintain⟳ dyothelism in christology, as well as in ascetic anthropology.”

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