c. 638 CE, February 22
Byzantine Emperor Heraclius issues the Ecthesis, (an Ekthesis, or "Exposition" of faith) c. February 22, 638 CE, promoting a compromise doctrine called monothelitism, in an attempt to unite different Christian factions in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Monothelitism teaching is that Jesus Christ, had two natures but only one divine will, rather than separate human and divine wills. It was rejected and condemned at the Sixth Ecumenical Council (680-681), affirming instead Dyothelitism—that Christ has two natural wills (human and divine) working in harmony.
