'''Monothelitism''' was the [[christological]] doctrine that [[Jesus Christ]] had one will but two natures (divine and human). Under the influence of the Patriarch Sergios (of [[Constantinople]]), monothelitism was developed during the reign of [[Heraclius]] as a response to the failure of [[Monoenergism]] as an attempt to reconcile the [[Monophysite]]s with the [[Chalcedonian]]s. However, it was rejected by the Church, and was never accepted by most of the Monophysites either. One prominent opponent of the doctrine was [[Maximus the Confessor]], who insisted instead on ''dythelitism'', the belief that Christ had two wills rather than one.