{"slug": "monophysitism", "label": "Monophysitism", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophysitism", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183091", "qid": "Q183091", "description": "Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [482, 649], "span_label": ["482 CE", "649 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "eastern-orthodox-church", "label": "Eastern Orthodox Church", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ecumenical-patriarch-of-constantinople", "label": "Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "levant", "label": "Levant", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muawiyah-i", "label": "Muawiyah I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zeno-emperor", "label": "Zeno (emperor)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "patriarch-of-alexandria", "label": "Patriarch of Alexandria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 482, "year_label": "482 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Zeno promulgates an Edict of Union (Henotikon), in an unsuccessful effort to soften the decision made at the Council of Chalcedon (451), and resolve differences between the Eastern and Western Churches. Zeno wishes to placate the Monophysite churches of Egypt, Palestine and Syria for political reasons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789374#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "482", "revid": 1340789374, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 512, "year_label": "512 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Anastasius I ends a period of moderate eclectic policy, and starts strongly favoring his own monophysitist beliefs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170659#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "512", "revid": 1369170659, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 518, "year_label": "518 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Severus, patriarch of Antioch, is deposed by a synod for his Monophysitism. Paul the Jew is appointed to replace him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754317#Religion", "title": "518", "revid": 1364754317, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 535, "year_label": "535 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine troops drive the extremist Monophysite party out of Alexandria, and establish Theodosius I as patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342880383#Religion", "title": "535", "revid": 1342880383, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 540, "year_label": "540 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Vigilius rejects Monophysitism in letters to Justinian I and patriarch Menas of Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367291057#Religion", "title": "540", "revid": 1367291057, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 565, "year_label": "565 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople is deposed as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople by Justinian I after he refuses the Byzantine Emperor's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of Monophysites. From April 12 he is replaced by John Scholasticus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749296#Religion", "title": "565", "revid": 1364749296, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 571, "year_label": "571 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751956#Religion", "title": "571", "revid": 1364751956, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 595, "year_label": "595 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – John IV (\"the Faster\"), patriarch of Constantinople, dies after a 13-year reign in which he has mediated disputes between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Monophysites.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658603#Religion", "title": "595", "revid": 1367658603, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Heraclius, ill, infirm, and unpopular with the Eastern Orthodox Church, is unable to personally lead the Byzantine army to resist the Muslim conquest of the Levant. He sends his brother Theodore to assemble forces to retake the newly won Muslim territories. Monophysites and Jews throughout Syria welcome the Arab invaders, as they are discontented with Byzantine rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 649, "year_label": "649 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, governor of Syria, develops an Arab navy in the Levant and uses it to confront the Byzantine Empire in the Aegean Sea. It is manned by Monophysitise Christian, Coptic and Syrian Christian sailors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938693#Arabian_Empire", "title": "649", "revid": 1365938693, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}]}