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Along with a masterful introduction to the history and theology of the “Greek” or “Eastern” Churches, this volume both introduces and explains the theology behind the various vestments, liturgical celebrations, and miscellaneous services of the Eastern Orthodox Church, along with the manner and usage of service books in the Eastern tradition.
the Coptic, founded most probably by S. Mark: the scene of the labours of Origen and S. Athanasius. This Church alone confers ordination, not by imposition of hands, but by breathing. The Coptic Christians are interesting, as being the living descendants and representatives of those Egyptians who held Israel in bondage. The language of their services is the language of the Pharaohs. The Patriarch of Alexandria resides at Cairo. The Abyssinian Church of Ethiopia, which is reckoned the most corrupt
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