Coptic Saints and Pilgrimages

by Otto F.A. Meinardus

Book Overview

The Coptic Christian tradition is one that goes back almost two thousand years to the very beginnings of Christianity: Mark the Evangelist himself is said to have brought the faith to Alexandria. In his Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity (AUC Press, 1999), renowned scholar Otto Meinardus reviewed the history of the official church from its earliest days to the end of the twentieth century, with its doctrinal disputes and its long isolation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774161262
• ISBN13: 9789774161261
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 9.0"