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Category : Copts
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A Short History of the Copts and of Their Church
Author: A short history of the Copts and of their Church, tr. by S.C. Malan
Author: Aḥmad b. ʻAlî MaḳrîzîA Brief History of Patriarchs Coptic Church
Author: Michael Nabil Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt
Author: Robert MorganPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460280288
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Egypt was trampled by almost every great power in the world. Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Persians, Turks, French, and English. Each came with their own agenda, greed and avarice. looting and pillaging the riches of Egypt, In many instances the proud people resisted staunchly, but in many others they fell to their invaders. The Egyptians adopted Christianity early on, after the evangelist martyr Saint Mark visited the country. Christianity flowed in Egypt like the River Nile that flows through the arid dessert and rapidly transformed its people into ardent believers, saints and martyrs for the sake of their savior. This is the story of the Copt Christians of Egypt, they still inhabit the narrow Nile Valley till today, against all odds. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt still persist on this spot of land in spite of centuries of marginalizing, ostracizing and sanctioned persecutions. This book tells the story of the Copts of Egypt throughout the ages, the descendants of the great Pharaohs of Egypt.
Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt
Author: Febe ArmaniosPublisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 019974484X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Chiefly interested in the early modern period, 1517-1798.
Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity
Author: Otto F. A. MeinardusPublisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617972630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
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. Dr. Otto Meinardus, a leading authority on the history of the Coptic Church, here revises, updates, and combines his renowned studies Christian Egypt, Ancient and Modern (The American University in Cairo Press, 1965, 1977) and Christian Egypt, Faith and Life (The American University in Cairo Press, 1970) into a new, definitive, one-volume history for the Millennium, surveying the twenty centuries of existence of one of the oldest churches in the world.
Among the Copts
Author: John H. WatsonPublisher: Liverpool University Press
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A presentation of the life and thought of the Coptic Orthodox Church at the turn of the millennium. The book explores all the important themes of the Copts from the earliest moments of Christian history to the present day, combining a critical re-examination of Coptic history with original research. The work contains several small biographies and numerous vignettes to illustrate the Coptic experience as it is lived. These are presented in sections on history, liturgy, art, theology, monasticism, politics, mission and martyrdom.
The A to Z of the Coptic Church
Author: Gawdat GabraPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810870576
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
During the first century, Saint Mark brought Christianity to Egypt and in so doing, formed the basis for the Coptic Orthodox Church. Today, Copts, members of the Coptic Church, compromise the largest Christian Community in the Middle East. The Coptic Church is more than 19 centuries old and has produced thousands of texts and biblical and theological studies. During the last half of the 20th century, however, economic and political discrimination has forced between 400,000 and one million Copts to emigrate from Egypt, with the majority settling in North America and Australia. The A to Z of the Coptic Church details the history of one of the oldest Christian churches. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important people, organizations, and structures; the theology and practices of the church; its literature and liturgy; and monasteries and churches.
Discoveries: Coptic Egypt
Author: Christian CannuyerPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810929791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Egypt, land of the Bible, has been home since the time of Christ to an ancient sect of Christians called the Copts. According to legend, Mark the Evangelist founded their church in Alexandria in the 1st century AD, when Egypt was under Roman rule and practiced polytheistic religions. Though Egypt long ago became a Muslim nation, the Copts maintained their traditions and rites at monasteries and villages throughout the Nile Valley, the river delta, and the Mediterranean coast, and still do so today.
Coptic Museum
Author: Gawdat GabraPublisher: American University in Cairo Press
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A full-color guide to one of Egypt?'s leading museums