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Beliefs of Coptic Christians. The Coptic Church believes much of the same theology as other Christian denominations, including a belief in one God made up of Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that the Bible is the word of God; that Jesus took human form, died and rose again for the salvation of humanity; that Jesus will come again to judge both the living and the dead.
May 3, 2024 · When neighbouring Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993, it appealed to Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic church, for autocephaly. This was granted in 1994; the Ethiopian church assented in 1998 to the independence of the new Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Amhara and Tigray peoples of the northern and central ...
The Fathers the Apostles: The Service of our Teacher Peter the Apostle – by H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious. Coptic Orthodox Church Website.
Coptic Cathedral in Khartoum. The Coptic Church is an Orthodox Church and a national church, limited to Egypt. It has its own liturgy (in Coptic); ceremonial calendar; and clerical hierarchy headed by a patriarch. The Coptic language is a version of the ancient Egyptian language adapted to the Greek alphabet that was in use in Egypt during the ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, [1] Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan) is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Christian churches in sub-Saharan Africa originating before European colonization of the continent, [5 ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church is well known as a conservative Church, especially in dogmas and doctrines. At the same time, it progresses not by embracing new doctrines or new “articles of faith” but by explaining the same faith “once given to the saints” in a contemporary language.
The Coptic Orthodox Church was established in Alexandria between 55 and 68 A.D. by St. Mark, one of the 70 Apostles of Jesus Christ. The doctrine of the church is the same one that is cited in the New Testament according to the teaching of Jesus Christ and his Apostles (Mt. 16:18; 24:14).
