The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church
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The Copts and the West, 1439-1822 : the European discovery of the Egyptian church
（Oxford-Warburg studies）
Oxford University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-313) and index
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Contents of Works
- 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
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Description
In seventeenth-century Europe the Copts, or the Egyptian members of the Church of Alexandria, were widely believed to hold the key to an ancient wisdom and an ancient theology. Their language was thought to lead to the deciphering of the hieroglyphs and their Church to retain traces of early Christian practices as well as early Egyptian customs. This book, the first full-length study of the subject, discusses the attempts of Catholic missionaries to force 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. It ends with a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West and of the uses to which it was put by Biblical scholars, antiquarians, theologians
and Egyptologists.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE - THE COPTS IN EGYPT
- 1. An Ancient Church
- 2. Muslim Domination
- PART TWO - THE MISSIONS
- 3. The Council of Florence
- 4. The First Jesuit Mission
- 5. New Approaches
- 6. Towards a Coptic Catholic Church
- PART THREE - KNOWLEDGE OF THE COPTS
- 7. The First Stages
- 8. Confessional Clashes I
- 9. Confessional Clashes II
- 10. Jansenists and Jesuits
- 11. Protestants and the Enlightenment
- PART FOUR - THE COPTIC LANGUAGE
- 12. Athanasius Kircher and His Shadow
- 13. Grammars, Dictionaries, and Dialects
- 14. Manuscript Collecting
- 15. Biblical Studies
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- General Index
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