Jul 14, 2020
A Fugitive Sect in Egypt
In Antioch and Greek speaking Syria persecution did its work effectually and the Nestorians were reduced to the position of a fugitive sect, in Egypt, as might be expected, they had no footing, and the westerns as usual agreed with the dominant state church: only amongst the Syriac speaking Christians the Nestorian teaching had a free course, and that section for the most part adhered to it. [31]
Source: Arabic Thought and Its Place in History by De Lacy O'Learyhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61593