monothelious (monothelius)

[ Monothelism (mō-noth'e-lizm), n. [F. mono the lis me = Sp. monotelismo; as monothel ( ite ) + -ism.] Same as Monothelitism. Monothelism was the simple and natural consequence of Monophysitism, and originated from the endeavors which the State Church made in the seventh century to This translation 3845 was first published in the mono tome edition of Gibbon's Miscellaneous Works. F. Hall, Mod. Eng., p. 56, note. Mono to midæ (mon-ō-tom'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., He speaks of fearful ma acres tone of expre ion. in the same mono Saturday Rev. 3. In music: (a) A single tone, without harmony or variation in pitch. ( b ) Recitation of words in such a tone, especially in a church service, sometimes with harmonic accompaniment and with occasional inflections or melodic variations; intoning; chanting. Monotone is a natural device for increasing the sonority of the voice, so that it may readily fill a large space, and is also thought by some to have a peculiar solemnity of effect. It is much used as an element in chanting. conciliate the Monophysites. Schaff- Herzog , Encyc. Monothelite (mō-noth'e-lit), n. [F. monothé- lite = Sp. It. mono tel it a , Mono the litæ , μονοθέλητος , of one will), μόνος , single, 4. Something spoken or written in one tone or + θέλειν, will, > θελητής, one who wills.] One who holds that Christ has but one will, the divine; specifically, one of a heretical sect or party in the Eastern Empire in the seventh century, which held that in Christ there are but one will (the divine will absorbing the human) and one operation or energy ( ἐνέργεια ). The Church hath of old condemned Monothelites as heretics, for holding that Christ had but one will. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 48. The Monothelites , sect who adopted in modified form the views of the Monophysites, were condemned by the Sixth General Council in 680. Their opinions took root among the Mardaites, a people of Lebanon, who about the end of the seventh century received the name of Maronites, from Maro, their first bishop. They afterwards abjured the Monothelite heresy, and were admitted into communion with Rome in 1182. Isaac Taylor , The Alphabet, I. 292.