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The main belief of the Coptic Church is that of the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, are equal to each other in one unity, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the only Saviour of the world. Fewer changes have taken place in the Coptic Church’s position on rituals, doctrine aspects, and the succession of the Coptic ...
Coptic Christians make up Egypt’s largest and most significant minority population and the largest population of Christians in the Middle East. It is an Eastern Orthodox tradition, and most Copts follow the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Historically, the Coptic Church has roots in Egypt originating in the earliest days of Christianity; Christian religious sites mark the location ...
Apr 10, 2017 · Coptic Christians trace their founding to the apostle St. Mark. Tradition holds that Mark brought Christianity to Egypt and founded the Coptic church during the first century. It is one of the oldest Christian churches in the Middle East and was the first founded in Africa. They comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM The First Sacrament. Baptism is a Holy Sacrament by which we are born again by being immersed in water three times in the name of the Holy Trinity; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Sacrament of Baptism has the first rank among the Seven Holy Sacraments, as it is the door by which the believer enters the church ...
The Coptic Orthodox is the oldest church in the world. It was founded by St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second gospel in Alexandria, Egypt in the year 61 A.D. The word “Copt” means Egyptian. Copts are the native Christians of Egypt and the direct descendants of the ancient Egyptians who were converted to Christianity by St. Mark.
Apr 5, 2017 · The Orthodox Church clearly says that sex and sexuality serve three major purposes within the marital relationship between a husband and a wife: 1) To express the intimate and passionate love to one another. 2) To help the believer fight the passions of lust that we face in a very sex saturated society. 3) To give way to the gift of procreation.
Apr 28, 2017 · Here are six things you should know about the Coptic Orthodox Church. 1. It starts with Mark. If the Catholic Church's founding saint is St Peter, then the Coptic Church's is St Mark. The community, according to tradition, originated with the disciple and evangelist who visited Alexandria, Egypt in AD 42. Within half a century of the apostle's ...
