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Term

Monenergism

A Monophysite development teaching that Jesus Christ had only one active power (energy) despite possessing two natures.

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Definition

A development of the Monophysite position. The doctrine that Jesus Christ had only one energy (energeia), meaning one active power, despite having both divine and human natures.

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Sources

  1. 1.Alan Richardson and John Bowden The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983). 380Original citation: Richardson, Alan, and John Bowden. The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983, 380.

Last revised August 14, 2026