Dyothelitism
In one sentence
The Christological doctrine that Christ has divine and human wills acting in harmony.
In simple terms
Christ has divine and human wills corresponding to his two natures, acting harmoniously in the one Person.
Biblical truth
Scripture portrays Jesus with genuine human willing and obedience without setting this against his divine identity.
Key Scriptures
Matt. 26:39 · Luke 22:42 · John 6:38 · Phil. 2:8 · Heb. 5:7–9
Example
Gethsemane is read as revealing Christ’s real human will freely aligning with the divine will.
Who holds it
Chalcedonian and especially post-Chalcedonian Orthodox, Catholic, and most classical Protestant traditions.
Opposing view
Monothelitism
Not to be confused with
Not to be confused with two persons or an inner moral conflict within Christ.
History
The doctrine was affirmed against Monothelitism at the Third Council of Constantinople in 680–681.
Main point of debate
The debate concerns whether willing belongs to nature and therefore whether Christ must possess two natural wills.