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Dyothelete, -ite, a. and n. Theol.|daɪˈɒθɪliːt, -aɪt| [f. Gr. δύο two + θελητής, agent-n. from θέλ-ειν to will: lit. a ‘two-willer’. Opposed to µονοθελήτης a ‘one-willer’. The ending in -ite is conformed to words of that termination. A more etymological form would be dithelete.] a. adj. Holding the doctrine that Christ had two wills, a divine and a human. b. n. A holder of this doctrine; an opponent of Monotheletism. Hence Dyotheˈletian, Dyotheˈletic, -ˈitic, Dyotheˈletical adjs., of or pertaining to the Dyotheletes; Dyˈotheletism, dyˈothelism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills.
1848S. Davidson tr. Gieseler's Eccl. Hist. II. 174 The doctrines of the Duothelites and Monothelites. 1860A. Edersheim tr. Kurz's Ch. Hist. I. §82. 8 After that [a.d. 680] Dyotheletism was universally received as orthodox doctrine. 1882Cave & Banks tr. Dorner's Chr. Doctrine 220 The decision of the Dyothelitic Council of the year 680: ‘The human will remains in unity with the Divine, because it is always determined by the omnipotent drawing of the Logos’. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. I. 458 [Impersonality of human nature of Christ] seems inconsistent with the dyotheletic theory. Ibid. II. 1560 The dyothelite views were defended by the Roman legates. Ibid. The doctrine of two wills in Christ, dyothelism, was formally defined and accepted by a synod of the Lateran (649). 1887Heard Russian Ch. i. 2 The monotheletian patriarchs and the dyotheletian popes mutually anathematized each other. |