Heraclius proposed a Christological compromise — Christ had two natures but one energy — that both sides initially accepted, recognizing they were saying the same thing in different words. However, Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem attacked it as heresy, dissolving support precisely when unity was most needed. At the end of his life, the Pope officially condemned the compromise, and the dying Heraclius formally denied any part in it, blaming Patriarch Sergius.
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Heraclius proposed a Christological compromise — Christ had two natures but one energy — that both sides initially accepted, recognizing they were saying the same thing in different words. However, Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem attacked it as heresy, dissolving support precisely when unity was most needed. At the end of his life, the Pope officially condemned the compromise, and the dying Heraclius formally denied any part in it, blaming Patriarch Sergius.
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