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  2. Coptic Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    The Coptic Encyclopedia is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt. [1] The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in the field of Coptology , history , art and theology and was edited by Aziz Suryal Atiya .

  3. Coptic literature - Wikipedia

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    Coptic seems to have been in decline as a literary language by the early 9th century, since few original works later than that can be attributed to a named author. [1] For reasons not fully understood, it was moribund as a language of original composition by the 11th century. [3] Much Coptic literature is now lost, as the Copts began to use Arabic.

  4. Bible translations into Coptic - Wikipedia

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    There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language.Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in five of the dialects of Coptic: Bohairic (northern), Fayyumic, Sahidic (southern), Akhmimic and Mesokemic (middle).

  5. Coptic history - Wikipedia

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    Over the centuries, many Coptic historians recorded the history of the Copts and that of the Coptic Church. The most prominent of these Coptic historians are: John of Nikiu (fl. 680-690), bishop and historian; Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa (died 987), bishop, theologian, and historian; first compiler of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria

  6. Coptic Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    'the Egyptian Orthodox Church'), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt. The head of the church and the See of Alexandria is the pope of Alexandria on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark , who also carries the title of Father of fathers, Shepherd of shepherds ...

  7. Nag Hammadi library - Wikipedia

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    In his 2024 book, Linjamaa argues that the Nag Hammadi library was used by a small intellectual monastic elite at a Pachomian monastery, and that they were used as a smaller part of a much wider Christian library. [4] The contents of the codices were written in the Coptic language.

  8. Habib Girgis - Wikipedia

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    As Habib Girgis saw it, the interest of young children were the true foundations of Sunday schools, and by 1900, Sunday school was the main pillar for the renaissance of Coptic Orthodox Christianity in the twentieth century until present, thanks in part to the hard work of Habib Girgis and other famous modern-day Sunday school teachers in the ...

  9. Liturgy of Saint Cyril - Wikipedia

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    Ante-Nicene Fathers. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. (from the Codex Rossanensis) Online text of the Liturgy of St. Cyril as used at present by the Coptic Church "Liturgy of St. Mark". Occidentalis: Your Informal, Omnibus Resource For Western Rite in the Orthodox Church. Translated by Shaw, John. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013