THE COPTIC SEPARATION FROM THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH: THE CAUSES AND THE EFFECTS

Abstract

The seed of Christianity planted in the land of Egypt in 68 AD by Evangelist Mark sprouted and recorded a gigantic growth. Egypt became the power house, the theological and catechetical centre of the universal church, at the height of which she prided herself above other churches, and separated from the agreed Christological definition arrived at by the universal church. As a lone church vulnerable to external aggressions, she failed prey to the Islamic jihadists who conquered her in 641 AD. The paper closely looked into the effects and causes of the separation. It discovered that the remote cause of this evil that bedeviled the Egyptian Church was pride and arrogance; and the pitfall should serve as a lesson to the contemporary Christian Churches.