The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt

With a New Introduction by Keral Innemee

A. J. Butler

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN:
  9781463209766
• Edition: 1

This two-volume book is the result of seven months of field work in Egypt. It is an important document for its time and an early and influential example of unprejudiced scholarly interest in the culture of the Coptic Church.

Table of contents

• INTRODUCTION TO THE REPRINT
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.
• CHAPTER I. Of the Coptic Altar
• CHAPTER II. Eucharistic Vessels and Altar Furniture
• CHAPTER III. The Furniture and Ornaments of the Sacred Building
• CHAPTER IV. The Ecclesiastical Vestments of the Coptic Clergy
• CHAPTER V. Ecclesiastical Vestments {continued).
• CHAPTER VI. Books, Language, and Literature of the Copts
• CHAPTER VII. The Seven Sacraments
• CHAPTER VIII. The Seven Sacraments {continued)
• CHAPTER IX. Various Rites and Ceremonies of the Church
• CHAPTER X. Legends of the Saints
• APPENDIX TO VOL. II
• INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME