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Third Council of Constantinople
Rejects monothelitism and confesses Christ's two wills in harmony with his two natures.
Ecumenical Council (Constantinople III)AD 680-6817th century
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- Category
- Councils
- Genre
- Council Decree
- Tradition
- Conciliar
- Region
- Constantinople
- Original language
- Greek
- Date certainty
- Range
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- Monothelite controversy
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