Bishop Hefele on Pope Honorius [pp. 273-301]

1872.] VON HEFELE ON POPE HONORIT)S. 283
ment for the restoration of concord is called 3IonoU~eUs~
(one will).
This formula was intended to reconcile the Monophysites
with the Church. The Church was to be safisfied witb the
assertion of two natn~'es; the Monophysites to be placated by
the affirmation of one will and "enc)'j(y.
5. Few theologians saw through the true character of this
formula of union, else they would have perceived that it led
right back to the Monophysific view.
For the ~&ill lies on the side of the ~~~tnre, not of the p~rson
For example, in the Trinity there are th~'ee persons but only
one nature or substance; and hence there are in the Trinity
not three wills but only one.
If now I hold that there are truly in Christ two nqtnres
then I must likewise recognize in him two wills. And as it
is with the will, so is it with the activity, the mode of operation or the enerjcy.
Christ ate, slept, drank, etc.; here we see one mode of
operation, the human: but the same Christ also raised the
dead, healed the sick, etc.; and in this we see his other mode
of activity or ener~y (the Divine).
6. One of the originators of Monothelism, Archbishop
Cyrus of Alexandria, (beforetimes at Phasis in Colehis,) effected a union about the year 633 with a number of the
Egyptian Monophysites on the basis of the formula: "There
was in Christ only one ener(Jy," ~ioL E'Yipy~z~. The Monophysites were justly triumphant, for the formula favored them
alone and not the Catholic Church. Just at that time a
learned monk, Sophronius of Jerusalem (soon afterwards
Patriarch there), was in Alexandria and protested against this
formula. As Cyrus paid no heed to him, Sophronius went
to Constantinople, seeking help of Sergius, not knowing that
the latter also favored the new heresy. Sergius proposed a
middle course, viz., that neither should the phrase two enerKo~ (and wills) be used as Sophronius desired, nor yet the
formula one eneruy.
Thereupon Sergius appealed by letter to Pope Honorius
to obtain his opinion, and also his approva]. In this letter