Two Thousand Years of Coptic ChristianityAmerican University in Cairo Press, 1999 - 344 pages "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 (AUC Press, 1965, 1977) and Christian Egypt, Faith and Life (AUC 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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Its History Traditions Theology | 13 |
Twentieth Century | 52 |
The Copts from the Seventh to the Twentieth Century | 64 |
The Patriarchates of Joseph II and Cyril VI | 77 |
Some Notable Coptic Families of the Nineteenth | 85 |
The Coptic Sunday Schools Cradle of the Twentieth | 93 |
Mystical Phenomena among the Copts | 104 |
The Churches and Monasteries between Cairo and Suhag | 205 |
The Churches and Monasteries between Suhag and Aswan | 228 |
The Churches and Monasteries of the Fayyum | 246 |
The Churches and Monasteries of the Eastern Desert | 259 |
Its Churches and Monasteries | 261 |
Marks of Identification Tattoo and Name | 265 |
The Patriarchs of the Coptic Church and | 273 |
Language Architecture and Calendar | 283 |
From a National to an International Christian Community | 122 |
The Coptic African Mission | 132 |
Saint Menas | 151 |
Christianity in the Nile Delta | 171 |
The Coptic Churches of Old Cairo and Its Environs | 182 |
Some Coptic Churches in Greater Cairo | 194 |
The Relics of Coptic Saints | 311 |
Bibliography | 323 |
Index | 331 |
Some Coptic Churches in Modern Alexandria | 332 |
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