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monothelitism

mon·o·the·lit·ism [ mə nóthə ltizzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
doctrine concerning Jesus Christ's will: a religious doctrine that maintained that, although Jesus Christ had both a human and a divine nature, he had only one will. It was condemned as a heresy in 680.

[Mid-18th century. <monothelite "adherent of monothelitism," via medieval Latin< late Greek monothelētēs< Greek monos "single" + thelētēs "somebody who wills"]
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