and earthly according to His human essence, according to which He became consubstantial to us, human beings.”167 The further stage of the monothelitic dispute, where the theology of St. Maximus the Confessor plays a central role, is complicated by the introduction of the new notion of will, thelēma or thelēsis, alongside the earlier energeia; and one now speaks of two wills and energies, as this is expressed in the definition of the Sixth Ecumenical Council. It is futile to expect that the new notion