When the two sides were presented to the emperor, the emperor persisted with Monothelitism and so with Sergius.[17] It was also at this point around 633 that Sergius sought to stress the importance of Monothelitism to Pope Honorius I. Sergius' letter to Honorius informed the Pope of the significance of the union achieved in Alexandria and for an agreement in how Christ's will should be viewed.[18] Honorius ultimately agreed with the Sergius' belief, impressed at Sergius' ability to gain theological agreement in the eastern Churches, and confessed to Christ having only one will but two natures as well in his reply to Sergius. Honorius retracts from this position to a degree in a following letter to Sergius, believed to be a result of the Synodical Letter from Sophronius to Honorius.[19]