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Dyoenergism (from Greek language δυοενεργητισμός "two energies") is a Christological doctrine that teaches the existence of two Energeia—divine and human—in the person of Jesus Christ. Specifically, dyoenergism correlates the distinctiveness of two energies with the existence of two distinct natures (divine and human) in the person of Jesus Christ, the position known as dyophysitism.
The term energy is derived from the term energeia, which typically means "activity" or "operation",. More specifically, in the sense employed by Saint Maximus, a "natural, constitutive power," in other words, a capacity for a pattern of activity. The primary difference in the monoenergist controversy of the 5th and 6th centuries was whether energy is to be associated with person, which is one in Christ, or rather with his natures. Dyoenergism is based on dyophysitism ('as we recognize... so also we recognize') - each different Physis corresponds to a different energeia, as expressed by St. Cyril of Alexandria: "No sensible person would concede that things different in kind and nature possess the same operation."
Maximus was also a known follower of Neo-Chalcedonianism, “a mixed political–theological project initiated by Emperor Justinian a century before Maximus. It aimed to reconcile the adversaries to the Council of Chalcedon with the followers of the council, for both ecclesial and political reasons, namely the unity of church and empire.” Following these traditions also framed his arguments and guided his defense of dyoenergetic doctrines.
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