dyothelite

dyothelite noun: one who believes in dyothelism.

Noun

dyothelite (plural dyothelites)

One who believes in dyothelism.
- Dyothelites identified the energeia and will as natural properties, something unacceptable to their opponents.2008, Cyril Hovorun, Will, Action and Freedom, →ISBN
- John's willingness to relocate theandricism from the plurality of energies to the singularity of their actualized activity is, I think, what older dyothelites such as Maximus had finally intended.2014, Darren O. Sumner, Karl Barth and the Incarnation: Christology and the Humility of God, →ISBN

dyothelite (comparative more dyothelite, superlative most dyothelite)

Pertaining to or characterized by dyothelism.
- Even the patriarch Pyrrhus was at one stage persuaded by Maximus' powers of rhetoric to defect to the dyothelite (two-will) camp, albeit temporarily.2003, Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil, Maximus the Confessor and his Companions: Documents from Exile, →ISBN
- Perhaps most troubling of all is the fourth objection; it is not clear that the dyothelite model actually succeeds in avoiding something that looks suspiciously like Nestorianism.2007, Fred Sanders, Klaus Issler, Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology, →ISBN, page 131

What does dyothelite mean?: Dyothelite means one who believes in dyothelism.
What part of speech is dyothelite?: Dyothelite can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of dyothelite?: The plural of dyothelite is dyothelites.

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