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The majority of Copts today unfortunately do not know how to read Coptic, so if the names were written in Coptic, the majority of the congregation would be confused as to who was elected; thus, the Church wrote the name in Arabic to make it clear who the next Pope was. The Coptic Church also has always championed the use of the vernacular language, whatever it may be, in liturgy. Since all Egyptians today speak Arabic as their first language, Arabic tends to be the main language used in the liturgy in Egypt, with only a few parts chanted in Coptic. The same thing is done here in the USA where English has become the main language of the Coptic Liturgy.

Which group/part of the video are you referring to? Several groups of Copts went to Europe in the Early Modern period. Most prominent are the "Coptic Legion" of the French Army. When Napoleon invaded Egypt, a large number of Copts joined his military hoping that the French would end Ottoman domination of the country and bring about an egalitarian and secular self government. When the French campaign in Egypt ended in failure, many of those Copts decided to accompany the French home, fearing that if they stayed in Egypt the Ottomans would massacre them in retaliation for their collaboration with the French. Those Copts ended up settling in Paris and in Marseilles on the coast in Southern France. There were other groups of Copts that travelled to and settled in certain parts of Europe all through the early modern period, but this group most prominently comes to mind.

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The official title is “Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark,” however, that same title is also claimed by the Greek Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, who quite confusingly is also named Theodore II. So to differentiate between the two Patriarchates the Greek Orthodox (Chalcedonian) and Coptic Orthodox (Non-Chalcedonian) we colloquially refer to them by their ethnic/denominational identifiers “Coptic Pope” or “Greek Pope” respectively.

There is also a Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, but he doesn’t use the title Pope because he doesn’t want to cause confusion for the Roman Catholics.

@@AsItWas00 that’s fascinating, thank you for clearing this up for me!

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We have similar beliefs to Roman Catholics. There are some differences in the understanding of Christ's nature, also purgatory and the treasury of merits.

@@Corpoise0974There is the Coptic Catholic Church too.

what do you mean they're Christians

They don't only have a pope but he's also the third most powerful man in Egypt.

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That's a good idea. I will take it into consideration.

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Why would it? If you can please elaborate...

@AsItWas00 in catholicism first apostolic succession is only valid if it's done by their canons, so neither Anglicans have apostolic succession according to Catholics even when they almost elect and ordain bishops they same way Catholics do except for papal approval. But apart from that does presbyterian election in Coptic church meant the own 12 ordained the new bishop without another bishop ordaining him? (Btw I don't believe presbyterial ordination is not valid, I think it is)

Perfect! So, I will try to explain this to the best of my ability. The core issue here is the fact that the distinction between what a priest and what a bishop is was only solidified in the late second century. Before then the terms were almost interchangeable. The Bishop was just a first among equals of priests. When Saint Mark consecrated Anianus as Bishop/Overseer of the Church, he also consecrated with him 12 or 3 Presbyters/Elders to assist him in service (sources vary); so at that time those priests were roughly equal in rank to the bishop, and also had Apostolic succession. The line between priest and bishop was not fully defined until the time of Pope Demetrius I, the 12th Patriarch. He divided Egypt into suffragan dioceses under himself and appointed a bishop to each see, making clear that there was a hierarchical difference between a bishop and a priest, with the Pope being first among equals with the bishops. From that point on all ordinations were done by bishops, even when the Pope was elected by the Priests of Alexandria; since election and ordination are two separate events. I am sure that the Church of Rome had a similar situation at that time.

​@@AsItWas00Many popes were elected by the laity and clergy of Rome. Apostolic Succession lies on the ordination/consacration, not the election.

The anglican orders are not seen as valid because King Edward VI changed some integral parts of the Ordinal on the topic of a Sacrificial Priesthood. When it was changed back 100 years later, most of the Church had lost the "valid" succession. But, since the Anglicans are now in communion with Old Catholics whose orders are seen as valid and who in great part concelebrate the consecrations, the validity of their orders is dubious, but not necessarily void.

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Isn't the king supposed to be your pope ?

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Thank you for watching! I hope to see someone make a similar discussion of the Roman elections, because those are indeed interesting.

@@AsItWas00 Do you know how many of the patriarchates use elections like Rome/Alexandria?

I believe all Patriarchates have an election process, but each one has separate traditions and criteria for the election and candidates.

If you are interested in ancient texts, I would recommend you learn Sahidic Coptic. There are a few text books, I think the most popular one is Thomas Lambdin's "Introduction to Sahidic Coptic" gnosis.study/library/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA/%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8/ENG/Lambdin%20T.O.%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Sahidic%20Coptic.pdf Sahidic Coptic was one of the first languages into which the Bible was translated, so definitely I would say the Coptic New Testament is an important ancient text. Other important literary works in Coptic include the writings of St. Shenouda and St. Pachomius.

The entire Hieroglyphic canon was written in Ancient Coptic….

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8:36 Hi! Can you explain me what role do these Archons/lay-leaders have at the Coptic Church and when they were created and assumed their current role??

Archon means ruler in Greek. These people don't have an actual position in the Church, but rather were seen as leaders within the community. They were basically the Christian Counts/Nomarchs and Dukes of Egypt. Eventually merchants, and government officials became lumped into the category as well. The title basically describes any influential lay-person. Their role within the community was to use their wealth and influence to assist in serving the community and protecting the political freedoms and interests of the congregation. They were basically the bridge connecting the Church and the State. They still serve the same role to this day, but the word isn't as commonly used anymore. Prominent examples of modern "archons" would be the Sawiris brothers, (Naguib, Samh, and Nassef) who are Egyptian business tycoons, and the Boutrous Ghali political dynasty (including Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Youssef Boutrous Ghali the former Minister of Finance).

@@AsItWas00 "Archons" could be good for protecting and guiding the Church during persecution, but relinquishing control to the laity could be a big mistake in these hyper-political times.

Thank you very much! The data I used is mostly sourced from Saad, Saad Michael, Nardine Saad Riegels, and Donald A Westbrook. “TRADITIONS OF SELECTING COPTIC PATRIARCHS OVER TWO MILLENNIA.” Journal of Coptic Studies 16 (2014): 139-53. doi.org/10.2143/JCS.16.0.3066725. Give that article a read if you want to learn more about this subject!

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