St Sophronius
Definition
The heresy concerning the wills of Christ, resisted by St. Sophronius of Jerusalem and St. Maximus the Confessor and condemned by the VI Ecumenical Council.
Episodes
- 013 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 11
- 020 — History of the Christian Church — General
- 028 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 8
- 126 — Patrology — Topic 14
Related Concepts
Biblical References
- 1 John 4:3 — *but every spirit that refuses to confess Jesus, that spirit is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. *
- John 1:14 — *Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. *
- Matthew 16:18 — *And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. *
- 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. *
- John 1:1-3 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been c