Monothelete meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

Monothelete

noun

UK /məˈnɒθɪliːt/

Etymology Variant form of Monothelite after its etymon, Byzantine Greek μονοθελήτης (monothelḗtēs).

Christianity Historical Someone who believed Christ had two natures (human and divine), but one single will; a Monothelite.

adj

Etymology Variant form of Monothelite after its etymon, Byzantine Greek μονοθελήτης (monothelḗtēs).

Christianity Historical Pertaining to such a belief.

The increasing desperation of the imperial authorities to reap political benefits from their Monothelete compromise in the face of Arab military successes led them into brutal measures, not merely against Maximus but against Pope Martin; that did more to harm than help the Monothelete cause.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, pages 441–2: