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The fifth and sixth centuries were a period of intense debate and division about the nature of Jesus. The fourth century had finally decided on the nature of God, establishing the Holy Trinity as three persons in one God. Then came the monophysite argument that split the Church.

The orthodox definition would become belief that in Jesus there were two natures, both divine and human. Monophysitism challenged this is the belief that in Jesus there was only one, divine nature.

This was an argument largely held in the Greek-speaking and Syriac-speaking regions, with support being gained and lost depending on the personalities and politics. The Coptic and Jacobite Churches held to a monophysite view, while the remainder of Christianity adopted the opposing view. Over time, attempts were made to find a set of words that both sides could interpret as they chose, but this was unsuccessful.

Saint Elias is a revered prophet in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. He is known for confronting the prophets of Baal in a biblical story and is considered the patron saint of soldiers and firefighters. His feast day is celebrated on July 20th.

Most movements against the Catholic Church have been called heresies, the general title, there have been many: The Catholic Church is nearly two thousand years old, there have been untold heresies which were religious movement against the Church in that time. A short list of the "Great Heresies":

The Circumcisers (1st century)

Gnosticism (1st and 2nd centuries)

Montanism (late 2nd century)

Savellianism (early 3rd century)

Arianism (4th century)

Pelagianism (5th century)

Semi-Pelagianism (5th century)

Nestorianism (5th century)

Monophysitism (5th century)

Iconoclasm (7th and 8th centuries)

Catharism (11th century)

Protestantism (16th century)

Jansenism (17th century)

Monophystism and Adoptionism were both heresies of the early Christian church wrestling with the one problem, accepting the 'mystery' of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy spirit. Monophysitism was a heresy of the fourth century. Monophysites denied Jesus' dual nature of being both human and divine. They protested that Jesus had divine nature only in one physical body. They also contended that Jesus' divinity was infused into His human form.

Adoptionism was a heresy of the second century which claimed that Jesus was born as a human being only and after being testing by God the Father and particularly after His baptism, He was granted full divine and supenatural powers. As a reward for his virtuous life, God raised Jesus from the dead, adopted Him as his son and allowed Him to become part of God The Father.