by new and unorthodox expressions", referring to the controversial doctrine of monothelitism. Macarius retorted, "We did not publish new expressions but what we have received from the holy and oecumenical synods and from holy approved fathers". He then went through the names given by the legates, adding to them that of Honorius.

In this and the following session Macarius was unable to find any references to monothelitism in a passage from Cyril of Alexandria