Original: Monophysitism ( from the Greek monos meaning ` one , alone ' and physis meaning ` nature ' ) , or Monophysiticism , is the Christological position that Christ has only one nature , his humanity being absorbed by his Deity , as opposed to the Chalcedonian position which holds that Christ maintains two natures , one divine and one human .
Simplified: After Nestorianism , taught by Nestorius , Archbishop of Constantinople , was refused at the First Council of Ephesus , Eutyches , an archimandrite at Constantinople came up with new views .