On the 28th of November 2019, the
second year student Mr. Sergi Meginaishvili gave a speech, Titled :
“A Split of Monophysitism into Various Factions” (the scientific
supervisor: Archpriest Maxime Chanturia, PhD in Theology,
Professor). The speaker mentioned that in the 5th-6th centuries,
the main issue of Christological controversies was how the divine
nature and the human nature of Christ contained each other,
precisely, how the second hypostasis of the Holy Trinity assumed
the human nature. The radical Christians, failing to understand the
essence of the teaching of Cyril of Alexandria on the two natures
of Christ, initiated the heresy of Monophysitism. The
followers of the aforementioned heresy strove vehemently to support
their teaching. The Monophysits sharply rejected the
Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon. Mr. Sergi Megeneishvili noted that
the history of Monophysitism represents a process of its division
into minor factions. During two hundred years, Monophysitism was
divided into 12-13 different sects, which according to the speaker
took place due to partly dogmatic and partly canonical issues. Mr.
Sergi Megeneishvili’s talk represents a discourse of precisely this
history in its multiple aspects. As the speaker noted, the
Monophysitism found its support in nationalistic contentions and
affected several countries (Ethiopia, Armenia, etc.), every attempt
of reconciliation having been of no avail.