The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as well by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical and defined Jesus Christ as having two energies and two wills (divine and human). Background The council settled a set of theological controversies that went back to the sixth century but had intensified under the emperors Heraclius () and Constans II (). Heraclius had set out to recover much of the part of his empire lost to the Persians and had attempted to bridge the controversy with monophysitism, which was strong in Syria and Egypt, by proposing a moderate theological position that had as good support in the tradition as any other. The result was first monoenergism, i.e. that Christ, though existing in two natures (divine and human), had one energy, the second was monothelitism, i.e. that Christ had one will (that
El Tercer Concilio de Constantinopla, contado como el Sexto Concilio Ecuménico por las Iglesias Ortodoxas y Católicas Orientales, así como por ciertas otras Iglesias Occidentales, se reunió en 680-681 y condenó el monoenergismo y el monothelitismo como heréticos y definió a Jesucristo como teniendo dos energías y dos voluntades (divina y humana). Fondo El concilio resolvió un conjunto de controversias teológicas que remontaron al siglo VI pero habían intensificado bajo los emperadores Heraclio ( ) y Constantino II ( ). Heraclio había empezado a recuperar gran parte de su imperio perdido a los persas y había intentado poner puente a la controversia con el monofisismo, que era fuerte en Siria y Egipto, proponiendo una posición teológica moderada que tenía tan buen apoyo en la tradición como cualquier otro.