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The Coptic papacy in Islamic Egypt (641-1517) /
The author 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 lif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Popes of Egypt ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Continuity and reinvention
- Patient sufferers
- Crisis of cohesion
- Saints and sinners
- Transitions
- Chaos and glory
- Marginalized patriarchs
- A burst of holiness
- Humility in action.