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Coptic Orthodox ChurchPrincipal Christian church in Egypt. Until the 19th century it was called simply the Egyptian Church. It agrees doctrinally with Eastern Orthodoxy except that it holds that Jesus has a purely divine nature and never became human, a belief the Council of Chalcedon rejected (see Monophysite heresy) in AD 451. After the Arab conquest (7th century), service books were written with Coptic and Arabic in parallel texts. Church government is democratic, and the patriarch, who resides in Cairo, is elected. There are congregations outside Egypt, especially in Australia and the U.S., and the church is in communion with the Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syrian Jacobite churches. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Byline: Bill Fortier CHARLTON - The 86-year-old spiritual leader of the 15 million-member Coptic Orthodox Church spent much of yesterday in one-on-one sessions with many of the 200 priests, 14 bishops and dozens of monks at the bucolic Holy Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard on Gould Road. He filed the request for official recognition in August of 2008 when his defense attorney presented to the court a baptism certificate issued by Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church as proof of his client's conversion. CAIRO: Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has for the first time issued a certificate of conversion to a Muslim-born Christian, his lawyer said, in a country where religious conversion is highly sensitive. |
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