Book contents
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- 20 Emperor Justin II, The Second Henotikon
- 21 Gregory the Great, Selections from his Homilies
- 22 Gregory the Great, Letters 1.24, 10.21, and 11.52
- 23 Anonymous Apology for Narsai
- 24 Babai the Great, On the Union 9 and 17
- 25 Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical Letter 1.6 and 3.1–17
- 26 Ekthesis of Emperor Heraclius
- 27 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 31 to John
- 28 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 5 to Thomas
- 29 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 3
- 30 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 6
- 31 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 7
- 32 Typos of 647/8
- 33 Acts of the Lateran Synod (October 649): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 34 Acts of the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 35 John of Damascus, On Composite Nature against the Leaderless
- 36 John of Damascus, On the Faith against the Nestorians
- 37 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 57–58
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
25 - Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical Letter 1.6 and 3.1–17
from Part II - Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2022
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Texts and Translations
- Abbreviations
- Series Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I The Council of Chalcedon and Its Reception
- Part II Christological Perspectives after Constantinople II
- 20 Emperor Justin II, The Second Henotikon
- 21 Gregory the Great, Selections from his Homilies
- 22 Gregory the Great, Letters 1.24, 10.21, and 11.52
- 23 Anonymous Apology for Narsai
- 24 Babai the Great, On the Union 9 and 17
- 25 Sophronius of Jerusalem, Synodical Letter 1.6 and 3.1–17
- 26 Ekthesis of Emperor Heraclius
- 27 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 31 to John
- 28 Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 5 to Thomas
- 29 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 3
- 30 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 6
- 31 Maximus the Confessor, Opusculum 7
- 32 Typos of 647/8
- 33 Acts of the Lateran Synod (October 649): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 34 Acts of the Third Council of Constantinople (680–681): Selected Proceedings and the Synodal Definition
- 35 John of Damascus, On Composite Nature against the Leaderless
- 36 John of Damascus, On the Faith against the Nestorians
- 37 John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 57–58
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Scriptural Index
Summary
If Christ exists in two natures, as the Council of Chalcedon proclaims, does it follow that he performed distinct classes of activities, human and divine? If you say yes, you are a “dyoenergist” (from the Greek dyo energeiai, “two activities”); if you insist that Christ performed activities of only one class, and thus answer in the negative, you are a “monoenergist” (from the Greek for “one activity”). The dyoenergist position was defended in memorable fashion in the Synodical Letter of Sophronius of Jerusalem from the year 634. To understand this letter, as well as several documents that follow in this volume, we must set the historical context and map some difficult conceptual terrain.
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- The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings , pp. 447 - 465Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022