Monothelete

Monothelete

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈnɒθɪliːt/, /mɒˈnɒθɪliːt/

Noun

Monothelete (plural Monotheletes)

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

Coordinate terms

• Monophysite

Translations

member of an early Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has two natures but one will

Catalan: monoteleta m or f German: Monothelet m, Monotheletin f Italian: monotelita m or f Spanish: monoteleta Welsh: Monotheliad m

Adjective

Monothelete (comparative more Monothelete, superlative most Monothelete)

1. (Christianity, historical) Pertaining to such a belief.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 441-2:

     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.