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Sabellius (fl. ca. 215) was a third-century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been a North African from Libya. Basil and others call him a Libyan from Pentapolis, but this seems to rest on the fact that Pentapolis was a place where the teachings of Sabellius thrived, according to Dionysius of Alexandria, c. 260. [1]
In 2022, more than half of Libya’s Christian population were Copts. [7] [2]Historically speaking, Christianity spread to the Pentapolis in North Africa from Egypt; [8] Synesius of Cyrene (370-414), bishop of Ptolemais, received his instruction at Alexandria in both the Catechetical School and the Museion, and he entertained a great deal of reverence and affection for Hypatia, the last pagan ...
The Anglican bishop of Libya has his see in Cairo, as most Christians in Libya originate from Egypt, including the Copts. [citation needed] According to Open Doors' World Watch List 2021, Libya is ranked #4 in the world for the persecution of Christians [11] because of the lack of religious freedom and frequent violence against Christians.
Ancient Libya was one of the three parts of the world of the ancients (Libya, Asia, Europa). [1] The territory also had part of the Mediterranean Sea named after it called the Libyan Sea or Mare Libycum which was the part of the Mediterranean south of Crete, between Cyrene and Alexandria.
Phut or Put (Hebrew: פּוּט Pūṭ; Septuagint Greek Φουδ Phoud) is the third son of Ham [1] (one of the sons of Noah), in the biblical Table of Nations (Genesis 10:6; cf. 1 Chronicles 1:8). The name Put (or Phut) is used in the Bible for Ancient Libya, but a few scholars proposed the Land of Punt known from Ancient Egyptian annals. [2]
Ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa.Since the term Semitic represents a rough category when referring to cultures, as opposed to languages, the definitive bounds of the term "ancient Semitic religion" are only approximate but exclude the religions of "non-Semitic" speakers of the region such as ...
Three key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the "necessity" of forming a new unified government that would supervise long-delayed elections. A political process to resolve more than ...
About twenty-five years later, during the reign of Ramesses III, the growing conflict between the Egyptians and Libyans came to a head. This time, it was the Meshwesh who instigated the conflict, though other Libyan tribes and their Sea People allies were involved in fighting two major campaigns against the Egyptian king, in Ramesses III's ...