The nature of Christ

Alexander Macpherson-Glasgow explores the historical background to the belief in different versions of the nature of Christ

Cyril, doctor of the church and patriarch of Alexandria | Photo: Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Out of Egypt I called my son (Hosea 11:1  All churches claim to represent, if not an unbroken lineage from the apostles, then a restoration of the Apostolic Age. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is no different in making this claim. Unlike other churches, however, it can offer a powerful historical argument to have been founded by the first generation of followers of a religion that emerged from first century Judea.

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