XXV. New Arab Dynasty, and the Attitudes of its
First New Governor.
A. An Era of Peace Marred by an Internal
Act of Treachery.
B. Altar Balloting, A Digression.
C. A Governor Like Unto a ‘Second Daniel
Come to Judgment’.
XXVI. The Tide Takes an Unpropitious Turn.
A. A Baleful Blow.
B. External Turmoil and Internal Peace.
C. St. Yoannis Kami.
XXVII. Variegated Patterns.
A. Abba Mikhail III and the Governors
Ahmad ibn Tulun and Khumaraweyh.
B. The 57th to the 60th Popes Live Through
half a entury Dominated by Political Strife.
C. Severus, Bishop of Ashmunein; A Man
with a Versatile Mind.
XXVIII. The Three Popes that Headed the Church
Under the Last of the Ikhshids and the First
Two Fatimid Caliphs.
A. Abba Mena II.
B. Abba Abraam.
C. Abba Philotheos.
XXIX. The Coptic Popes During the Reigns of Al-
‘Hakim and His Two Successors.
A. The Saintly Abba Zakariya.
B. Abba Shenouda II.
C. Abba Christodolus.