Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

Chapter One Early Monenergisms
1.1. Apollinarius of Laodicea
1.2. The Antiochian tradition
1.3. Anti-Chalcedonian Monenergisms
1.3.1. The Monenergism of Severus of Antioch
1.3.2. The Monothelitism of Severus
1.3.3. Julian of Halicarnassus
1.3.4. The Agnoetes
1.3.5. Criticism of the concept of ignorance
1.3.5.1. Theodosius of Alexandria
1.3.5.2. Anthimus of Trebizond
1.3.5.3. Colluthus
1.3.5.4. Constantine of Laodicea
1.3.6. Sergius the Grammarian
1.3.7. Conclusions
1.4. Theopaschism
1.5. The eve of the Monothelite controversy

Chapter Two History
2.1. Historical premises
2.2. Setting up the new doctrine
2.3. Union at Alexandria7
2.4. The Ecthesis
2.5. Maximus and the West: strategic alliance
2.6. The Typos
2.7. The Lateran council
2.8. The 680/1 council
2.9. Attempts at a renewal of Monothelitism
2.10. The Maronites
2.11. Conclusions

Chapter Th ree ‘Imperial’ Monenergism-Monothelitism versus Dyenergism-Dyothelitism
3.1. Key notions
3.1.1. The oneness of Christ
3.1.2. One hypostasis and two natures
3.1.3. Natural properties
3.1.4. Energeia
3.1.4.1. Notion
3.1.4.2. ‘A new theandric energeia’
3.1.4.3. Two energeiai
3.1.4.4. Created and uncreated energeiai
3.1.5. Will
3.1.5.1. Notion
3.1.5.2. One or two wills
3.2. Relations between main categories
3.2.1. Energeia—One-Who-Acts
3.2.2. Will—One-Who-Wills
3.2.3. Will—‘nous’
3.2.4. Energeia—nature
3.2.5. Will-nature
3.2.6. Energeia—will—natural properties
3.2.7. Energeia—will

Conclusions
Bibliography
Editions of texts consulted
Secondary literature
Index of names, places, and subjects

About the Author

Serhiy Hovorun, Ph.D. (2003) in Theology, University of Durham, is lecturer of Patristics at Theological Academy of Moscow. He has published extensively on Byzantine patristics, post-Byzantine and modern Greek history and theology, non-Chalcedonian theological traditions.