Excerpt from A History of the Holy Eastern Church, Vol. 2: The Patriarchate of Alexandria The Severians interpreted the works of that Bishop differently as to some doctrinal points, from the rest of the Monophysites. They were divided into nine sects, of which none attained much notoriety except the Agnoites. These were so named from their distinguishing tenet, that, while the word was Omniscient, the Human soul hypostatically united to Him was ignorant of much. Of other sects we shall have occasion to speak inci dentally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.