Agnoetae

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Agnoetae was a monophysite sect who maintained that Jesus was God but his human form was like others in all respects, including limited knowledge. Its founder was Themistius, a deacon in Alexandria in the 6th century. The sect was anathematized by Pope Gregory I on the basis of a treatise against them by Eulogius I, the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria.^[1]

The name was derived from the Greek agnoeo meaning "to be ignorant of."

[edit] References

1. ^ Monks, George. "The Church of Alexandria and the City's Economic Life in the Sixth Century". Speculum April 1953 pp. 349-362.

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