Natural Operation Energy

Definition

The Orthodox teaching that because Christ has two independent natures, divine and human, each nature must have its own independent will and action: ‘a separate and independent nature is unthinkable with a separate and independent will.‘

Episodes

• 028 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 8

Related Concepts

• Two Natures Two Wills Dyothelitism

Biblical References

• Philippians 2:8 — *He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross! *
• John 5:21 (cf. the ‘life-creating activity’ language) — *For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. *