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His character and stance are subject to contravention between the Oriental Orthodoxy churches on one side and the [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] churches on the other.
The Oriental Orthodoxy churches are generally accused by other churches of accepting the [[EutychesEutychianism|Eutychian doctrine]] of [[Monophysitism]]—this is denied by these churches as they consider Eutyches a heretic as the other churches but to have redeemed himself by retrieving this heresy in the Second Council of Ephesus,<ref>Story of the Coptic church by [[w:Iris Habib Elmasry|Iris Habib Elmasry]] Volume I</ref> but figures large in the differences between those churches and most other populous Christian churches, as well as in the civil strife and friction of the era and afterwards within the [[Eastern Roman Empire]].
Hence, in the mess typical of [[schism]]s, according to mainstream Christian sects, he was merely a [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] turned heretic, who in a preemptive power-play characteristic of megalomania attempted to excommunicate many other influential bishops in opposition to his belief in Monophysitism, including Pope Leo I. <!-- ref:see [[ Second Council of Ephesus ]], the historical documentation is rather telling. --->
