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Coptic Christianity
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Pope Shenouda III “More than 95% of
Egypt’s Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.”
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Christianity in the Roman World
Some time shortly after the year 70, Gentile Christians were asked to leave the synagogue and Christianity became a separate religion.
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Greek Philosophy: Plato Plato’s vision of
two worlds gave philosophical expression to an important Christian teaching about how the Holy Spirit could influence people.
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Mithraic Sacrifice Mithraism was
one of the early challenges to Christianity as were other groups, such as the Gnostic Christians.
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Constantine Constantine
believed that he would come to rule the Roman Empire through the sign of Jesus.
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The Spread of Christianity Most Christians
still believe the essentials of the Nicene Creed.
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Chalcedon Ruins The Coptic Orthodox
Church has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 C.E. (A.D.)
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Origen Origen, considered
the father of theology, wrote over 6,000 commentaries on the Bible.
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Ruins of School of Alexandria “The scope of this
school was not limited to theological subjects; science, mathematics and humanities were also taught there.”
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The Holy Spirit “We believe in the
Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life…”
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From Christian to Muslim “The gradual
conversions to Islam over the centuries changed Egypt from a mainly Christian to a mainly Muslim country by the end of the 12th century.”
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Coptic Monastery Christians can
deepen their understanding of the role of Egypt and Coptic Christians, and especially of the way monasticism has influenced Christian faith.