the incarnate Christ had a single composite nature in a sense that precluded a Chalcedonian interpretation. Their theory, as it was promulgated first by an enthusiastic and somewhat muddled Alexandrian named Eutyches and then by the Non-Chalcedonians, was viewed by the orthodox community as a regressive step in the christological discussion. It indicated a return to a simpler, more Apollinarian way of conceiving of Christ. The Monophysites dealt with the perennial paradox that Jesus was both true