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4 unusual facts about Coptic history


Coptic history

St. Jerome records that the Christian School of Alexandria was founded by St. Mark himself.

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When reports of this reached the Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark, Pope Saint Cyril I of Alexandria acted quickly to correct this breach with orthodoxy, requesting that Nestorius repent.

Iris Habib Elmasry

As a result, her work is more detailed, and of greater use to both academic and non-academic readers is valuable for any researcher in Coptic history and provides a comprehensive approach to the history of Christianity in Egypt and point of view of the Coptic Church regarding many debatable issue like Council of Chalcedon.

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Iris Habib Elmasry (إيريس حبيب المصري) was a prominent Coptic Historian (1910–1994).


Hilde Zaloscer

Prof. Dr. Hilde (Hildegard) Zaloscer (Zaloszer) (1903 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina – 1999 Vienna, Austria) was an art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art.


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