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Coptic - ) Of or pertaining to the
Copts. ) The language of the
Copts
Coptic - Pertaining to the descendants of the ancient Egyptians, called
Copts, or cophti, as distinct from the Arabians and other inhabitants of modern Egypt. Whatever may be the origin of Copt, the adjective Coptic now refers to the people called
Copts, who are Christians, and to their language. The language of the
Copts
Coptic - The Afro-Asiatic language of the
Copts, which survives only as a liturgical language of the Coptic Church
Lent, Mary's - A period of fasting, 1 to August 14, observed among the Greeks, the
Copts, and the Russians, during which they abstain from meat, eggs, and sometimes fish and milk, etc
Mary's Lent - A period of fasting, 1 to August 14, observed among the Greeks, the
Copts, and the Russians, during which they abstain from meat, eggs, and sometimes fish and milk, etc
Thebaic - ) Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the
Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars
Copts - Scaliger and Father Simon derive the name from Coptos, once a celebrated town of Egypt, and the metropolis of the Thebaid; but Volney and others are of opinion, that the name
Copts is only an abbreviation of the Greek word Aigouptios, "an Egyptian. " The
Copts have a patriarch, whose jurisdiction extends over both Egypts, Nubia, and Abyssinia; who resides at Cairo, but who takes his title from Alexandria. Next to the patriarch is the bishop, or titular patriarch, of Jerusalem, who also resides at Cairo, because there are only few
Copts at Jerusalem
Ablution - The Syrians,
Copts, & 100: have their solemn washings on Good Friday; the Turks also have their ablutions, their Ghast, their Wodou, Aman, & 100:...
Monophysites - This heresy still prevails in the East among the
Copts and the Syrian Jacobites
Monophysitism - This heresy still prevails in the East among the
Copts and the Syrian Jacobites
Monophysites - This heresy still prevails in the East among the
Copts and the Syrian Jacobites
Monophysitism - This heresy still prevails in the East among the
Copts and the Syrian Jacobites
Greek Rites - ...
ANTIOCH ...
(1) Pure, survives only in the "Apostolic Constitutions"
(2) Modified at Jerusalem in the Liturgy of Saint James
(a) Greek Saint James, used once a year by the Orthodox
(b) Syriac Saint James (Jacobites and Catholic Syrians)
(c) Maronite Rite
(3) Chaldean Rite (Nestorians and Chaldean Uniats)
(a) Malabar Rite (Uniats and non-Uniats of Malabar)
(4) Byzantine Rite (Orthodox, Bulgarians, Byzantine Uniats, and Bulgarian Uniats)
(5) Armenian Rite (Uniat and non-Uniat Armenians)
ALEXANDRIA ...
(1)
(a) Greek Liturgy of Saint Mark; no longer used
(b) Coptic Liturgies of Saint Cyril, Saint Basil and Saint Gregory Nazianzus (Uniat and non-Uniat
Copts)
(2) AEthiopic Liturgy (non-Uniat Abyssinians)
Rites, Greek - ...
ANTIOCH ...
(1) Pure, survives only in the "Apostolic Constitutions"
(2) Modified at Jerusalem in the Liturgy of Saint James
(a) Greek Saint James, used once a year by the Orthodox
(b) Syriac Saint James (Jacobites and Catholic Syrians)
(c) Maronite Rite
(3) Chaldean Rite (Nestorians and Chaldean Uniats)
(a) Malabar Rite (Uniats and non-Uniats of Malabar)
(4) Byzantine Rite (Orthodox, Bulgarians, Byzantine Uniats, and Bulgarian Uniats)
(5) Armenian Rite (Uniat and non-Uniat Armenians)
ALEXANDRIA ...
(1)
(a) Greek Liturgy of Saint Mark; no longer used
(b) Coptic Liturgies of Saint Cyril, Saint Basil and Saint Gregory Nazianzus (Uniat and non-Uniat
Copts)
(2) AEthiopic Liturgy (non-Uniat Abyssinians)
Alexandria, Egypt, City of - It finally divided into two communions: the native
Copts, bound to error; and the foreign Greeks, faithful to schismatic orthodoxy
Joseph, Saint - Public recognition of Saint Joseph is first found among the Eastern
Copts in the 4th century; the Church began to celebrate his feast in the 6th century
Ablution - The Egyptian priests had their diurnal and nocturnal ablutions; the Grecians, their sprinklings; the Romans, their lustrations and lavations; the Jews, their washings of hands and feet, beside their baptisms; the ancient Christians used ablution before communion, which the Romish church still retains before the mass, sometimes after; the Syrians,
Copts, &c
Simon the Apostle, Saint - The Greeks,
Copts, and Ethiopians identify him with Nathanael of Cana; the Abyssinians relate that he suffered crucifixion as Bishop of Jerusalem, after he had preached the gospel in Samaria, confusing him with Simeon, Bishop of Jerusalem; according to the Greeks he preached on the Black Sea, and in Egypt, Northern Africa, and even in Britain; the Latin and Armenian traditions hold that he labored in Persia
Abyssinian Church - They are a branch of the
Copts, with whom they agree in admitting only one nature in Jesus Christ, and rejecting the council of Chalcedon; whence they are also called Monophysites and Eutychians, which see
e'Gypt - (land of the
Copts ), a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa
Alexandria - The population consists of Turks, Arabs,
Copts, Jews, and Armenians
Abyssinian Church - They were compelled to retreat to Grand Cairo, from whence, by leave of the patriarch, they visited the
Copts, at Behrusser, and formed a small society; but in 1783, they were driven thence, and compelled to return to Europe
Egyptians - The
Copts in modern Egypt are considered to be the descendants of the ancient race
Cross - The pagan Egyptians,
Copts, Indians, and Persians, all have the same sacred emblem
Egypt - The
Copts, or descendants of the ancient Egyptians. The
Copts are nominal Christians, and the clerks and accountants of the country
Maronites - The most valuable advantage that has resulted from these labours is, that the art of writing has become more common among the Maronites, and rendered them, in this country, what the
Copts are in Egypt, that is, they are in possession of all the posts of writers, intendants, and kaiyas among the Turks, and especially of those among their allies and neighbours, the Druses
Philoxenus, a Monophysite Leader - He shares with Severus of Antioch, the true scientific head of the previously leaderless party of the Acephali, the reputation of having originated the Jacobite form of Monophysitism, which was long supreme in Egypt and is still adopted by the
Copts
Monophysitism - The lay
Copts have become educated and even wealthy. Two missions to the
Copts have been sent of late years from England, one in 1843 and the other in the last decade of the 19th cent. Neither of them were successful, and the
Copts will probably be allowed for the future to carry out the much-needed reforms in their system in their own way
Philistia - The Cherethites were probably Caphtorim, the modern
Copts
Bethlehem - 90), writing in 1893, and founding upon personally ascertained figures, gives 8035 as the population, which he classifies in respect of religion as follows: Latins, 3827; Greeks, 3662; Moslems, 260; Armenians, 185; Protestants, 54;
Copts and Syrians, 47
Bible - It is the version now used ecclesiastically by the
Copts
Moravians - In upper Egypt there was a prospect of their being useful among the
Copts, who were visited for many years
Arabia - At this time, however, it does not appear that the Arabians had any version of the Scriptures in their own language, to which some writers attribute the ease with which they were drawn into the Mohammedan delusion; while the "Greeks, Syrians, Armenians, Abyssinians,
Copts, and others," who enjoyed that privilege, were able to resist it