Christology

===Fifth–Seventh Ecumenical Council (553, 681, 787)===
The [[Second Council of Constantinople]] in 553 interpreted the decrees of Chalcedon, and further explained the relationship of the two natures of Jesus. It also condemned the alleged teachings of [[Origen]] on the pre-existence of the soul, and other topics.<ref group=web>{{cite web|url=http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8068|title=The Fifth Ecumenical Council – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326234328/http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8068|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Third Council of Constantinople]] in 681 declared that Christ has two wills of his two natures, human and divine, contrary to the teachings of the [[Monothelites]],<ref group=web>{{cite web|url=http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8069|title=The Sixth Ecumenical Council – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=26 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326234332/http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8069|url-status=live}}</ref> with the divine will having precedence, leading and guiding the human will.<ref>''The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology'' by Alan Richardson and John Bowden (1983) {{ISBN|0664227481}} p. 169</ref>

The [[Second Council of Nicaea]] was called under the Empress Regent [[Irene of Athens]] in 787, known as the second of Nicaea. It supports the [[veneration]] of [[icon]]s while forbidding their worship. It is often referred to as "The Triumph of Orthodoxy".<ref group=web>{{cite web|url=http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8071|title=The Seventh Ecumenical Council – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=24 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324035845/http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith8071|url-status=live}}</ref>