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      Coptic Catholic Church

      • Coptic Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic church of the Alexandrian rite in Egypt, in communion with Rome since 1741, when Athanasius, a Miaphysite (acknowledging only one nature in the person of Christ) Coptic bishop, became a Roman Catholic.
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  2. The Roman Catholic Church, the largest denomination of Christians worldwide, has a glorious history as the church of Jesus Christ and the sole Christian Church in the West during the high and late Middle Ages (1054-1550 AD).

  3. Jun 25, 2019 · Later in that century, in 380 AD, Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire. During the following 1000 years, Catholics were the only people recognized as Christians. In 1054 AD, a formal split occurred between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. This division remains in effect today.

  4. Historians refer to the Nicene church associated with emperors in a variety of ways: as the catholic church, the orthodox church, the imperial church, the imperial Roman church, or the Byzantine church, although some of those terms are also used for wider communions extending outside the Roman Empire.

  5. Coptic Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic church of the Alexandrian rite in Egypt, in communion with Rome since 1741, when Athanasius, a Miaphysite (acknowledging only one nature in the person of Christ) Coptic bishop, became a Roman Catholic.

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  6. Certain mystical practices and beliefs of Christianity in the time of the Roman Empire are associated with trends in Egypt (also a part of that Empire) at the time. Aspects of Christian ecclesiastical heirarchy can be seen as comparing to the structure of the Roman imperial government.

  7. The schism, which reflected numerous long-standing tensions between the eastern and western Roman empire, may have been inevitable. The Church had remained united for centuries without solving several theological disputes.

  8. The Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria is a Roman Catholic jurisdiction which serves the Latin Catholics in Egypt. The Catholic Church has a long and storied history in Egypt, dating back to the early days of Christianity.

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