What do you know about the coptic church???

@gie2910 (407)
United States
January 24, 2009 12:55pm CST
did you ever know that Egypt was a Christian country before Islam enters and conquer it??? I bet you, you had never know!!! so now I want each one to enter and say what did he know about the Coptic church.
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@murderistic (2278)
• United States
25 Jan 09
The Coptic Church in Egypt is doing alot for education and building bridges between Christianity and Islam. :)
• United States
25 Jan 09
One of the organisations that I support, Mennonite Central Committee, works alongside the Coptic church in Egypt.
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
25 Jan 09
you are some how not wrong, the Coptic Church now under H.H.Pope Shenoda 3, made alot of education and trying to built bridge between Christianity and Islam :)
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
26 Jan 09
Wow man. that is good
• Dallas, Texas
24 Jan 09
The west wants people to think that the world did not start spinning until the Greeks popped up. I goes along with their theory that Africa contributed nothing to society. But the truth is that all Christian concepts find their roots in Africa - Monotheism, The Trinity, The Immaculate Conception, Rising to heaven in three days, ect.... all are ancient African concepts. At the Conference of Nicene - Arius - A Burtha from North Africa - was kicked out of the conference because he said that "This Jesus that you are creating is nothing but Serapes" - Coptics did not believe in the 3 in One theory (Which is a African concept) - We have always had love for the trinity - (Man, Woman and Child) was the first Holy trinity - and in essence that is what it still represents because "the holy spirit" is a feminine concept hence - The Father, The Son and the Holy female spirit - I think Wiccans still celebrate it. But in the Original Christian churches before it was accepted in Rome - did not believe in the 3 in one theory - They thought that God is God and that is it. It took Constantine to rule that the trinity was real - That is why you never see the Trinity in the bible - It was man made by power seeking empires and preacher.
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
24 Jan 09
You are 99% right, but to be perfect I'd like to add that the concepts of all the things which you have said originally spread in AfRICA Before Christianity bu the Pharos (old Egypt) as they believed in the Trinity, Monotheism,...etc as you have said. And yeah that what the west wanna do, is to clear the history of Africa and all that to be easily conquered by them, No history = no past = why would we defend the country. (that what west wanna Africans people to think)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Jan 09
Your already on point! I will have to keep an eye on your post! By the way - welcome to myLot!
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Thanks Man
• South Africa
24 Jan 09
I think the Coptic church was founded by Mark, he of the second gospel, and was considered to practice one of the purest forms of Christianity. I think that the Coptic church is probably still active in Ethiopia, which, for all its recent problems, has practiced Christianity longer than most of Europe has - one of the reasons why that country managed to escape being colonized, unlike most of Africa. I'd love to know what others have to say on this subject, and if anyone can add or correct me, you are most welcome.
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
24 Jan 09
You are mostly right, but I want to add something that The Coptic church is founded in Egypt and then reach Ethiopia. An till now the Coptic church is still in Egypt keeping its rituals. And yeah, Christianity is being practiced in Egypt and Ethiopia before Even Europe had known anything yet about Jesus
@hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
20 Mar 09
I bet you do not know that i know it too.Yes history have a proofs that before Islam enter the country,it was a christian country but it also have other religious before islam and christian.Another religion is like animase who believe to nature power,religion accept fire as God and others.Phrophet Musa is the messenger to Egypt country and bring Islam religion but it not too well known as Islam because many challenge.The pharaoh always torture Islam religious.
@gie2910 (407)
• United States
20 Mar 09
For sure I didn't know that you know...simply because you just right it:) Second: Prophet Moses was born in Egypt in the reign of Pharaohs, he was the son, by adaption, to Pharaoh's daughter. He lead the Hebrews....I'm just saying all that to say...HE HAD NO CONNECTION WITH ISLAM AT ALL !!!!!! Anyways, Thanks for your response