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In AD 449, between the [[Third Ecumenical Council|third]] and fourth Councils, another council was held in which St. [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]]'s successor, [[Dioscorus of Alexandria]], "insisted that there is in Christ only one nature (physis)". It is a position commonly called [[Monophysitism|Monophysite]], and it states that the Savior "is from two natures, but after His Incarnation there is only 'one incarnate nature of God the Word'." St. [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril]] himself had used those words, but Dioscorus omitted many of the balancing statements that St. [[Cyril of Alexandria|Cyril ]] had made. And so, only two years later, Emperor [[Marcian]] called a new gathering of [[bishop]]s to decide the matter. This gathering, in AD 451 is what is considered the fourth great Council.