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The story of the church of Egypt being an outline of the history of the Egyptians under their successive masters from the Roman conquest until now / by E.L. Butcher.

By: Butcher, E. L. (Edith Louisa)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Smith, Elder, 1897. Description: 2 v. ; 20 cmISBN: 0837076102 (microfiche)Subject(s): Coptic Church -- History | Coptic Church | Egypt -- Church history | Egypt -- HistoryGenre/Form: Church history | History | Church history. | History.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Story of the Church of Egypt.LOC classification: DT94 | .B9Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
v.1. The coming of Caesar -- The coming of Christ -- The preaching of Mark -- One patriarch and seven emperors -- Nile tourists in the second century -- The first theological college -- Origen -- The persecution of Decius -- The persecution of Valerian -- St. Ammon and St. Anthony -- A struggle for freedom -- The era of martyrs -- The Arian controversy -- Heresy and schism -- Gregory and George of Cappadocia -- The return and death of Athanasius -- The suicide of the Egyptian nation -- The last Arian Bishop of Alexandria.
v.2. The conquest of Egypt by the Fatimites -- The building of Cairo -- The persecution of El Hakim -- Shenouda and Christodulos -- Bedr El Jamal, the Armenian -- Effects in Egypt of the first Crusade -- The Schism of Mark ebn Kunbar -- The burning of Babylon -- The Kurdish conquest -- The reign of Saleh-ed-din -- Dissensions of the Egyptian and Abyssinian Churches -- The Crusades in Egypt -- An infamous patriarch -- St. Louis in Egypt -- The fate of a Moslem Queen -- Two invasions of the Soudan -- The destruction of the churches -- The longest persecution -- The Circassian slave-sultans -- The Ottoman conquest -- From bad to worse -- Influence of the reformation in Egypt -- Egypt in the seventeenth century -- M. De Millet in Egypt -- The tyranny of the Mameluke Beys -- Ali Bey -- The French Invasion -- Mohammed Ali -- The English occupation -- The Church of Egypt in the nineteenth century -- Social life and customs.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 43 - Main Room
J8 BUTCH 243 Not for loan BOOKS*00000002939

Includes index.

Bibliography: vol. 1, p. [xi]-xii.

v.1. The coming of Caesar -- The coming of Christ -- The preaching of Mark -- One patriarch and seven emperors -- Nile tourists in the second century -- The first theological college -- Origen -- The persecution of Decius -- The persecution of Valerian -- St. Ammon and St. Anthony -- A struggle for freedom -- The era of martyrs -- The Arian controversy -- Heresy and schism -- Gregory and George of Cappadocia -- The return and death of Athanasius -- The suicide of the Egyptian nation -- The last Arian Bishop of Alexandria.

v.2. The conquest of Egypt by the Fatimites -- The building of Cairo -- The persecution of El Hakim -- Shenouda and Christodulos -- Bedr El Jamal, the Armenian -- Effects in Egypt of the first Crusade -- The Schism of Mark ebn Kunbar -- The burning of Babylon -- The Kurdish conquest -- The reign of Saleh-ed-din -- Dissensions of the Egyptian and Abyssinian Churches -- The Crusades in Egypt -- An infamous patriarch -- St. Louis in Egypt -- The fate of a Moslem Queen -- Two invasions of the Soudan -- The destruction of the churches -- The longest persecution -- The Circassian slave-sultans -- The Ottoman conquest -- From bad to worse -- Influence of the reformation in Egypt -- Egypt in the seventeenth century -- M. De Millet in Egypt -- The tyranny of the Mameluke Beys -- Ali Bey -- The French Invasion -- Mohammed Ali -- The English occupation -- The Church of Egypt in the nineteenth century -- Social life and customs.

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