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Two thousand years of Coptic Christianity / Otto F.A. Meinardus.

By:

Meinardus, Otto F. A, 1925-2005

Publisher: Cairo American University in Cairo Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Second paperback editionDescription: viii, 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmISBN:

9789774167454
9774167457

Other title:

2000 years of Coptic Christianity

Subject(s):

Contents:

Toward the third millennium -- The Coptic Church: its history, traditions, theology, and structure -- The Coptic Church: its churches and monasteries, ancient and modern.

Summary: Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought-according to tradition-by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever since, with millions of adherents both in Egypt and in Coptic communities around the world. Since its split from the Byzantine Church in 451, the Coptic Church has proudly maintained its early traditions, and influence from outside has been minimal: the liturgy is still sung to unique rhythms in Coptic, a late stage of the same ancient Egyptian language that is inscribed in hieroglyphs on temple walls and papyri.

List(s) this item appears in: Church History

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Title notes ( 3 )

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	St Cyril's Theological Library Main collection	Church History	281.7/ME (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00397

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index.

Toward the third millennium -- The Coptic Church: its history, traditions, theology, and structure -- The Coptic Church: its churches and monasteries, ancient and modern.

Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought-according to tradition-by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever since, with millions of adherents both in Egypt and in Coptic communities around the world. Since its split from the Byzantine Church in 451, the Coptic Church has proudly maintained its early traditions, and influence from outside has been minimal: the liturgy is still sung to unique rhythms in Coptic, a late stage of the same ancient Egyptian language that is inscribed in hieroglyphs on temple walls and papyri.