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a distinct person from God who dwelt in Him v 

 some fell into the opposite error of contending that 

 in Christ there was but one nature, that of the 

 incarnate Word ; and virtually denying the human 

 nature of the Redeemer, making Him a semi-divine, 

 semi-human combination. This heresy is known 

 as the Monophysite, or the Eutychian heresy. 

 The former term meaning one nature, and the 

 latter referring to Eutyches, the leader of the sect. 

 About 630 Bishops attended, and they declared 

 the faith of the Church to be, that in our Lord 

 Jesus Christ there are two perfect and distinct na- 

 tures, the Godhead and the manhood, united in 

 one Person, without mixture, change or confusion. 



Fifth Council, Constantinople. — The fifth 

 general Council, held in Constantinople in a. d. 

 553, is to be regarded as a kind of supplementary 

 council to the preceding four, for the main work 

 it did was to condemn the Nestorian heresy, which 

 had again arisen ; and to re-affirm the doctrine 

 settled by the other general councils. 



Sixth Council, Constantinople. — The last of 

 the councils of the Church which can properly be 

 called ecumenical, or general, was held at Con- 

 stantinople, a. d. 680, under the reign of the 

 Emperor Constantine Pogonatus. There was one 

 held later, which is frequently called the Seventh 



