The Council of Hatfield was a Christian

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 convocation

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 held in 680

680

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 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Hatfield, Hertfordshire

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 in England

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 to examine the English branch of the church's orthodoxy

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 on Monothelitism

Monothelitism

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. John of St. Peter's, a colleague of Benedict Biscop

Benedict Biscop

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's at Wearmouth Abbey, was Pope Agatho

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's delegate. Archbishop Theodore

Theodore of Tarsus

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 led the council, where Monothelitism was rejected in favor of the orthodox Christological view that Jesus Christ has two wills corresponding to his two natures. The Council of Hatfield also included the Filioque into Nicene Creed

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