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  1. Eutyches

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    The controversy escalated when Eutyches refused to submit to doctrinal clarification demanded by Patriarch Flavian. Consequently, Eutyches was summoned before a synod held in Constantinople in $448$ $\mathrm{CE}$. During this initial hearing, Eutyches allegedly refused to affirm that Christ existed "in two natures" after the Incarnation, a formulation intended to reflect the doctrine affirmed at Nicaea but clarified by subsequent councils.
    The Synod of $448$ $\mathrm{CE}$ formally deposed Eutyches for heresy. This decision, however, provoked immediate and power…