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Ethiopian Christian Literature

ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN LITERATURE The literature of Christian Ethiopia was, and still is, written in the ancient Ethiopic language called Ge‘ez, which is supposed to have ceased to be a living language around the tenth or eleventh century, when it was superseded by “modern” Semitic languages. This literature is related to traditional Ethiopian culture, which was …

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First Council Of Ephesus (431)

Events / By Armia FAYEZ

FIRST COUNCIL OF EPHESUS (431) The third ecumenical council, summoned by Emperor Theodosius II in order to settle the Nestorian controversy. The period from 381 to 431 was dominated by the efforts of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria to undo the work of the second ecumenical council, that of Constantinople I (381). The rivalry …

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Isaiah Of Scetis, Saint, (Isaiah The Hermit)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

ISAIAH OF SCETIS, SAINT, (Isaiah the Hermit) A fifth-century anchorite whose spiritual advice to other monks greatly influenced the Eastern churches (feast day: 11 Abib). Of all the Isaiahs mentioned in Egyptian monastic sources of the fourth and fifth centuries, the most renowned is the author of the ascetic treatises that had a wide vogue …

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Coptic See Of Jerusalem

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

COPTIC SEE OF JERUSALEM From the beginning of the Christian era, Egypt and Egyptians have had a privileged status in Jerusalem. In the Acts of the Apostles, it is mentioned that Egyptians were among those who witnessed the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. It is also mentioned (Acts 6:9) that Alexandrians, with others, …

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Acephaloi

Eminent / By Youssef Matta

ACEPHALOI Extremist anti-Chalcedonians in Egypt who refused to recognize the Alexandrian patriarchs who accepted the HENOTICON. They first appear in history in 482 as Egyptian monks who opposed PETER III MONGUS’s rapprochement with Constantinople (Zacharias Rhetor Historia ecclesiastica 6. 2). Their name denoted their community of purpose without the need of a personal leader, and …

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