Hello, I have contemplated monothelitism and now I'm full of doubts. I tried studying Saint Maximos, but it was of little help. If anyone has struggled with this position, or knows where I could inform myself better, please reply.
My biggest problem is the second principle of monothelitism. It says that wills are to be attributed to a hypostasis and not to nature. At least for the moment and connotations I have of the words, it seems more intuitive to attribute wills to persons rather than nature. Thus, if we attribute wills to hypostasis, and Christ is only the Divine hypostasis, he has only the Divine will.
The most common counterpoint to monothelitism is the phrase "Christ would not be fully human if he had no human will" but we do not say "Christ would not be fully human if he had no human hypostasis" - we do not argue that therefore nestorianism is necessary for us to be saved, as do the proponents of dyothelitism. It does not bother dyothelites that Christ has no human spirit and possesses only a purely Divine spirit, for his hypostasis is purely Divine.
In sum, my question is: "Is will to be attributed to persons, natures or some mixture of the two?"
My biggest problem is the second principle of monothelitism. It says that wills are to be attributed to a hypostasis and not to nature. At least for the moment and connotations I have of the words, it seems more intuitive to attribute wills to persons rather than nature. Thus, if we attribute wills to hypostasis, and Christ is only the Divine hypostasis, he has only the Divine will.
The most common counterpoint to monothelitism is the phrase "Christ would not be fully human if he had no human will" but we do not say "Christ would not be fully human if he had no human hypostasis" - we do not argue that therefore nestorianism is necessary for us to be saved, as do the proponents of dyothelitism. It does not bother dyothelites that Christ has no human spirit and possesses only a purely Divine spirit, for his hypostasis is purely Divine.
In sum, my question is: "Is will to be attributed to persons, natures or some mixture of the two?"