Angelites

pl. [In Ger. Angel i ten. Named from Agelius, or Angel i us, a part of Alexandria in which they used to meet.] An old Christian sect, a branch of the Sabellians, who flourished towards the termination of the fifth century. They believed that the persons of the Trinity were not the same or self-existent, but distinct gods, existing by participation in a deity common to them all. They were called also Severites and Theodosians, from Severus and Theodosius, who were succe ively their leaders.