Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity

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American 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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