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Encyclopedia > Coptic Orthodox Patriarch

The following list contains all the Popes who have held sway over the Coptic Orthodox Church since the Council of Chalcedon.


For the earlier Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schims, see List of Patriarchs of Alexandria; for the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox church from which the Coptic Church split, see List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria.


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Coptic Church: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (3757 words)
Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the Christianity of Egypt that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in the middle of the 1st century (approximately 42).
The Coptic Orthodox Church regarded that the ousting of Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria in the council of Chalcedon was in part due to the rivalry between the Bishops of Alexandria and Rome.
Coptic Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January according to the Gregorian Calendar, which is the 25th of December according to the Julian Calendar, which the Alexandrine Church uses as its Ecclessiastical Calendar.
BIGpedia - Coptic Christianity - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (2378 words)
Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt in the middle of the 1st century AD (approximately AD 60).
The Coptic Church believes that Christ is perfect in His divinity, and He is perfect in His humanity, but His divinity and His humanity were united in one nature called "the nature of the incarnate word", which was reiterated by Saint Cyril of Alexandria.
The Coptic Church was misunderstood at the Council of Chalcedon.
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