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In AD 449, between the [[Third Ecumenical Council|third]] and fourth Councils, another council was held in which St. [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]]'s successor, Dioscorus of Alexandria, "insisted that there is in Christ only one nature (physis)". It is a position commonly called [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]], and it states that the Savior "is from two natures, but after His Incarnation there is only 'one incarnate nature of God the Word'." St. Cyril himself had used those words, but Dioscorus omitted many of the balancing statements that St. Cyril had made. And so, only two years later, Emperor [[Marcian ]] called a new gathering of Bishops to decide the matter. This gathering, in AD 451 is what is considered the fourth great Council.