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Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity by Otto Friedrich August Meinardus is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 its split from the Byzantine Church in 451, the Coptic Church has proudly maintained its early traditions, and influence from outside has been minimal: the liturgy is still sung to unique rhythms in Coptic, a
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- Author
- Otto Friedrich August Meinardus
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781617972638
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Philosophy, World History, Christian
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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