Constantinople III — Sixth Ecumenical Council
The council confesses two natural wills and two natural operations in the one Christ, consistent with His full divinity and humanity.
Perspective note
Shared subject; this bundled record was originally written with an Orthodox-informed editorial lens.
Primary sources
The council confesses that:
Constantinople III explicitly confesses two natural wills and two natural operations in the one Christ.
in him are two natural wills and two natural operations
Passage context and translation
The council's Definition of Faith rejects Monothelitism by confessing that Christ's complete divinity and humanity include two natural wills and operations united in his one person. The prior wording in this record came from Pope Agatho's letter earlier on the linked page.
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defining all this we likewise declare that
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indivisibly, inconvertibly, inseparably, inconfusedly, according to the teaching of the holy Fathers.