Copts and the West, 1439-1822 - The European Discovery of the Egyptian Church

Zusatztext ...this scholarly and very readable work fills an important gap in Coptic studies and draws together a number of historic strands which are only alluded to briefly in other works. Informationen zum Autor Educated at Eton and King's College Cambridge. Taught at the University of Urbino from 1977 to 1992, Professor of the History of the Radical Reformation at the University of Amsterdam from1987 to 2001, and Dr. C. Louise Thijssen-Schoute Professor of the History of Ideas at Leiden University from 1985 to 2005. Now Arcadian Visiting Research Professor at the School of Advanced Study, London University, attached to the Warburg Institute and General Editor of theArcadian Series (London/Oxford). Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Klappentext This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of 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. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West. Zusammenfassung This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of 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. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West.

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This first full study of the subject discusses how 17C Catholic missionaries tried to force the Copts (Egyptian members of 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. Includes a survey of the study of the Coptic language in the West.

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• Autori: Alastair Hamilton, Alastair (Arcadian Visiting Research Pro Hamilton, Alastair (Arcadian Visiting Research Professor Hamilton
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2014
• EAN: 9780198727538
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872753-8
• Pagine: 356
• Serie: Oxford-Warburg Studies
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per l'autoapprendimento generico; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History of Ideas, Egypt, HISTORY / Social History, comparative religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Church history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Orthodox & Oriental Churches