What Christological position did Maximus the Confessor oppose?
Monothelitism
Arianism
Iconoclasm
Gnosticism
Answer
Monothelitism, the belief that Christ possessed only one will and one energy, was opposed by Maximus the Confessor. He argued that Christ had two wills and two energies, one human and one divine, which were united without confusion or separation in his person. This position, known as dyothelitism, became the dominant Christological doctrine in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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