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\ An electronic newsletter about the Coptic Orthodox Church /
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\ "Blessed is Egypt my people" /
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Table of Contents
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1. Copts Through the Ages
2. Coptic Churches in Old Cairo
3. A Dutch University in the Egyptian Desert
4. Anba Abraam, the Friend of the Poor (part 3)
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COPTS TROUGH THE AGES
(By Dr. Jackie Ascott, Ph.D.)
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is a very conservative Church,
which preserves most carefully the Christian Faith, in its earliest and purest
form, passed on from generation to generation, unaltered and true to the
Apostolic doctrine and patterns of worship. It is a deeply spiritual and even
mystical Church, with an emphasis upon holiness, and the Mysteries of Faith,
but at the same time it is a strongly doctrinal Church, holding faithfully to
the canons of the Holy Scripture and the Apostolic and Orthodox Creeds and
Teachings of the Church Fathers of the first three Ecumenical Councils.
The Coptic Church is one of the most ancient Churches in the World
(along side the Churches of Jerusalem, Antioch, and Rome), having been founded
by Saint Mark the Apostle, during the first century A.D. (traditionally, in
43 A.D. or 61 A.D.). Eusebius states, in his Ecclesiastic History, that Saint
Mark came to Egypt during the first or third year of the Roman Emperor
Claudius (i.e. in 41-42 A.D. or 43-44 A.D.) and he visited Alexandria again,
to preach and evangelize, between 61 and 68 A.D.
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This Newsletter has been prepared by members of Copt-Net, a forum
where news, activities, and services of the Coptic Orthodox Churches
and Coptic communities outside Egypt are coordinated and exchanged.
For any questions, and comments related to this Newsletter, as well as
any topics that you would like to be addressed in the next Newsletter
please contact Nabil Ayoub by E-mail at <ayoub@erctitan.me.wisc.edu>.
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