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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church /

This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria) into union with the Church of Rome, and the slow accumulation of knowledge of Coptic beliefs, undertaken by Catholics and Protestants. Includes a surve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Alastair, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford-Warburg studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An ancient church
  • Muslim domination
  • The Council of Florence
  • The first Jesuit mission
  • New approaches
  • Towards a Coptic Catholic Church
  • The first steps
  • Confessional clashes I
  • Confessional clashes II
  • Jansenists and Jesuits
  • Protestants and the Enlightenment
  • Athanasius Kircher and his shadow
  • Grammars, dictionaries, and dialects
  • Manuscript collecting
  • Biblical studies.