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The ''word '''Ecthesis''''' (, from the Greek εκθεσις, εκθεσις meaning a "statement of faith") , was used famously as the title of a thesis by emperor [[heresy|hereticalHeraclius]] formula issued in 638 by Emperor to state a [[Heracliusheresy|heretical]]formula forbidding the mention of "energies".
It forbade the mention of "energies," either one or two, in the person of [[Jesus Christ]]. It also asserted that the two natures of Christ were united in a single will (i.e., [[Monothelitism]]). It had been drafted earlier in 638 by Patriarch [[Sergius I of Constantinople]] after consultation with Pope [[Honorius of Rome]]. It was accepted by synods held in the Imperial capital, but quickly repudiated by Heraclius as well as Honorius' two successors (Popes Severinus and John IV).