The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517: The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2 Swanson Mark N.
The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517: The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2 Swanson Mark N. An authoritative account of the Coptic Papacy in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the onset of the Ottoman…
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The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517: The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2 Swanson Mark N.
An authoritative account of the Coptic Papacy in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the onset of the Ottoman era, by a leading religious studies scholar, new in paperbackIn Volume 1 of this series, Stephen Davis contended that the themes of "apostolicity, martyrdom, monastic patronage, and theological resistance" were determinative for the cultural construction of Egyptian church leadership in late antiquity. Building on recent advances in the study of sources for Coptic church history, the Volume 2, The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, shows that the medieval Coptic popes (641-1517 CE) were regularly portrayed as standing in continuity with their saintly predecessors; however, at the same time, they were active in creating something new, the Coptic Orthodox Church, a community that struggled to preserve a distinctive life and witness within the new Islamic world order.
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