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Christology
Detailed article

Dyothelitism

Диофелитство

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.