Patrick, Traditional Egyptian Christianity 1996

Library of St. Shenouda Center for Coptic Studies

'l'RADITIONAI,

INTRODUCTION

refers the last stage

letters from Demotic

or for the time

became

from most Eastern and all \"1 estern churches.

Christian f;uuilies are called

" unless

eonveli to

term. "For the

on V York:

I am trans. S.

in Alexandria and Tcherikover, Hellenistic CiliJization and tile Part II. "'l'cherikover, pp. p.286. 281.

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