ompanying His resolve to go to meet His fate at Jerusalem, the
rejoicing in spirit at the success of the apostles' mission, His Agony
and His universal love.

The monophysites could not recognise this duality in Christ's emotional
nature. Hunger and thirst, and even the higher human feelings they
considered derogatory to the Son of God. Even when they admitted that
He suffered, they threw a veil of mystery over His sufferings. They
idealised the Passion. They made it seem as if His flesh was
privileged, as if His omnipotence excused Him from the emotional
experiences of humanity.

SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER

We have examined the doctrine of one nature, and exposed its chief
consequences. We have considered its effects in respect of the deity
of Christ and in respect of His manhood. We have applied the doctrine
to the human nature as a whole, and to the several parts that compose
it. The result of the examination may be summarised in brief.
Monophysitism destroys what is divine in the deity and what is human in
the humanity. It offers to Christians a Christ who is not sufficiently
above man to be able to help them by His power, nor sufficiently man to
be able to help them by His sympathy. The monophysite Christ is
neither very God nor very man, but a composition in which all traces of
the original entities are lost to view.

[1] "The Chronicle of Zachariah of Mitylene," translated by Hamilton
and Brooks, chap. iii. p. 46.

[2] This addition to the Trisagion was officially condemned at the
close of the 7th century owing to its monophysite associations.

[3] "Chronicle of Zachariah of Mitylene," translated by Hamilton and
Brooks, ii. 2, p. 21.

[4] The question of Justinian's orthodoxy has been debated by Bury and
Hutton. See _Guardian_, March 4th and April 15th, 1896.

CHAPTER IV

THE ETHOS OF MONOPHYSITISM

Monophysitism originated in a monastery. Eutyches, "the father of the
monophysites," was a monk. The monastic temperament is peculiarly
susceptible to this heresy, and the monastic element has always been
dominant in the monophysite churches. The cloister is the natural
habitat of the doctrine of the one nature. Monasticism is applied
monism. If the world's existence be a sham, if its value compared with
God be negligible, it becomes a religious duty to avoid all influences
that heighten the illusion of the world's real existence and intrinsic
value. The monist, like the monk, mu