SPEAR Factoids about Eutyches — ܐܘܛܘܟܐ

Eutyches was a controversial and polemical monastic teacher active in Constantinople in the early fifth century. He opposed dyophysite (two-nature) Christology, but the precise nature of his own one-nature Christology is uncertain. He was condemned in 448 at a synod, restored in 449 at the Second Council of Ephesus, and condemned again at the Council of Chalcedon where he was championed by the Syriac monk Barsauma. In later theological discussions, Eutyches' one-nature Christology was equally condemned by Chalcedonian theologians and the Coptic and Syriac Orthodox Churches.

“Eutyches was archimandrite of a monk in Constantinople and opposed the doctrine of the two natures in Christ. He was condemned as a heretic at the council of Chalcedon in 451 for supposedly denying the human nature in Christ.” 7

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Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Eutyches, archimandrite of Constantinople See factoid page

Eutyches See factoid page

Eutychius See factoid page

Sex:

Eutyches was male. See factoid page

Eutychius was male. See factoid page

Eutyches was male. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Eutyches was an archimandrite in Constantinople. See factoid page

Eutyches was a monk. See factoid page

Relationships

Severus cited positively Eutyches. See factoid page

Severus of Antioch had enmity for Eutyches. See factoid page

Events

Severus sent a letter to Neon about why Eutyches was anathematized at the Council of Chalcedon even though he was accepted at the Council of Ephesus. See factoid page

Severus sent a letter to Sergius about the exoneration of Eutyches at the Second Council of Ephesus. See factoid page

Severus sent a letter to non-Chalcedonian Christians in the city of Tyre about why Eutyches is anathematized even though he was received by Dioscorus. See factoid page

Marinus rejected the incarnation and adopted the errors of Eutyches and Valentinus. See factoid page

Sergius sent a letter to Severus about the exoneration of Eutyches by Dioscorus at the Second Council of Ephesus. See factoid page

In 420/1 A. Gr. 732 Eutyches became a monk. See factoid page

The synod in Constantinople intended to affirm the council of Chalcedon as a repudiation of the teachings of Eutyches. See factoid page

John of Claudiopolis, when he received Severus in the house of Patrick, urged Severus to receive the synod of Chalcedon, not as a positive definition of faith, but as a rejection of Nestorius and Eutyches. See factoid page

Severus responded to John by refusing to accept the synod of Chalcedon as a repudiation of Nestorius and Eutyches, because the Chalcedonian creed and the Tome of Leo support Nestorianism; Severus does not believe that anathematizing Eutyches makes the Council of Chalcedon legitimate, because the followers of Arius were still heretics even though they repudiated the teachings of Sabellius. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Person Page for Eutyches — ܐܘܛܘܟܐ ,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, https://dev.spear-prosop.org/aggregate/person/482.html, 2025-07-01.