Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity
Otto EA. Meinardus
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 it split from the Byzantine Church in 451, the Coptic Church has maintained its early traditions, and influence from the 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.
年:
2002
出版社:
American University in Cairo
语言:
english
页:
369
ISBN 10:
9774247574
ISBN 13:
9789774247576
文件:
PDF, 20.05 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002