THE STORY OF THE COPTS - THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN EGYPT

as it had been to Athanasius in his fight against Arianism – was to give precise definitions of the Orthodox Faith and to mainta ...

give a strict account of his deeds and his words”. Being one of the most intrepid men of all times, he disregarded all danger an ...

excusing his tardiness on account of the long journey and the death of some of his horses, and affirming his arrival within five ...

At the inaugural session, Juvenal of Jerusalem requested that they begin with a reading of the Creed, declaring that it was the ...

Abba Kyrillos wrote immediately to the clergy and people of the Church of Constantinople informing them of the proceedings of t ...

sessions instead of waiting for them. Then after making their own deliberations on the twelve anathemas set forth by the Alexand ...

minutes of the first session. On hearing them, they readily signed the excommunication of Nestorius. A letter was sent to Empero ...

session began. After discussing the matter, the Council members concluded that John was reprehensible for two errors: he had no ...

the deposition and imprisonment of Kyrillos and Memnon.^29 When the imperial message became known, anger and consternation seize ...

frequently visited. At this moment, Dalmatius realised that it was incumbent on him to break his habit and lead the people to th ...

been made a spectacle unto angels and men. Not only has thou believed in Christ, but has borne for Him all kinds of ills. Thou h ...

peace. He seized this chance to express his joy in Abba Kyrillos.^35 In response, John of Antioch delegated the aged Bishop Paul ...

One of the noblest legacies bequeathed by him to the Church is the Liturgy which bears his name. According to tradition, it had ...

at him, and any danger he was exposed to. Even those who accused him of high-handedness, acknowledged his sagacity and his integ ...

B. 275. Shenouda’s Intense Striving. 2 76. His Tumultuous Age. He Shelters Twenty Thousand People. His Care for Monks and Nuns. ...

Shenouda lived in an age seething with intense emotions and startling upheavals. It was an age in which the Ephesus ecumenical ...

accepted, and handed over to him twenty thousand captives. Shenouda sheltered them in his monasteries for three months: the sick ...

in the lifetime of Shenouda. The only remaining part of it is the Church, adjoined by the house of the priest. As for the Red mo ...

enough shelter for her, and she contented herself with the wild plants she chanced upon. During the forty-fifth year of her erra ...

XVII. NOTES Severus of Ashmunein: op. Cit., p. 430. Ibid., p. 431; Guettee IV, p. 368. Coptic mss. Translated into French by Am ...