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'''Monophysites''' believe that Christ has only one nature. This doctrine was condemned as heresy at the [[Council of Chalcedon|Council of Chalcedon in 471]]. The proponents of this view hold that the human will and the divine will of Christ were perfectly cooperative, his human will freely and fully subordinated to his divine will. [[Monothelites]] hold that Christ has only one will and activity, the divine will and activity.
'''Monophysites''' believe that Christ has only one nature. This doctrine was condemned as heresy at the [[Council of Chalcedon|Council of Chalcedon in 471]]. The proponents of this view hold that the human will and the divine will of Christ were perfectly cooperative, his human will freely and fully subordinated to his divine will. [[Monothelites]] hold that Christ has only one will and activity, the divine will and activity.
This point of view is supported by Psalm 39:8, which reads:
:To obey your will?
:My God, I have always loved your Law
:From the depths of my being.
Also, we may reason from Ephesians 3:19, which speaks of:
:[T]he love of Christ, which is above all knowledge...
that love makes us will what God wills, and that one mark of friendship is to will and choose the same.
Further, Christ, as united to God, had full understanding. And the Saints in heaven are believed to have gained full understanding, according to 1st Corinthians 13:12:
:Now we are seeing a dim reflection in a mirror; But then we shall be seeing face to face. The knowledge that I have now is imperfect; but then I shall know as fully as I am known.
And they have achieved happiness willing only what God wills, for a commonly supported definition of happiness is by Saint Augustine as belonging to one "who has what he wills, and wills nothing amiss" (''On the Trinity'' [400-416 AD], Book 13, ch. 5).
Yet Augustine explains (''Answer to Maximinus the Arian'' [427-428 AD], Book 2, ch. 20): "When Christ says 'Not what I will, but what Thou wilt, He shows Himself to have willed something else than did His Father; and this could only have been by His human heart, since He did not transfigure our weakness into His Divine but into His human will."<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1267-1274). "Whether the human will of Christ was altogether conformed to the divine will in thing willed?". ''Treatise on the Incarnation'' (Italy), Question 18, Article 5.</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [http://carm.org/monophysitism Monophysitism] (carm.org)
* [http://carm.org/monophysitism Monophysitism] (carm.org)
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Monophysites and Monophysitism]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10489b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Monophysites and Monophysitism]
==Reference==
[[Category:Heresies]]
[[Category:Heresies]]