EAST MEETS WEST Coptic Church, the major Christian church in Egypt, the name of which, derived from the Greek word for "Egyptian- (Arab., qubt, Westernized as Copt), points to its national origins. ... Recent scholarship suggests that the origins of Egyptian Christianity are to be found among the Jews living in Alexandria in the 1st century AD. ... They upheld the terminology of St Cyril, who had spoken of "one incarnate nature of God the Word-. ... The word catholic (Grk., katholikos) means "universal- and has been used to designate the church since its earliest period, when it was the only ...

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Instead, both authors come to the eternal teaching of Christ revealed to the Church by means of the external Word - the liturgy. ... The Word, by Augustine, reveals Himself to all those who participate in the liturgy and confess their faith together. ... It is in the liturgy, where the believers and new converts can find the Word teaching them. ... There is nothing else in his catechism except the true and pure Word of God. ... Although having the same origin, the two catecheses are virtually different in the Church's practice and doctrine. ...

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Compare and Contrast essay: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism Introduction of Religions Christianity most widely distributed of the world religions, having substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. Its total membership may exceed 1.7 billion people. Islam, a major world...

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The complicated and often distorted term "heresy" traces its origin back to the Grecian era. Etymologically speaking, the term heresy originates from the Greek word "hairesis"," [Oed] which derives from the "act of choosing", manifesting the ideas of "choice" and the freedom in which individuals position themselves within differing schools of thought"" [McGrath: 2009, 37]. ...

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