A 1443 agreement, the Cantate Domino, proposed a reunion of this sect with Rome, and was signed by its delegates and Rome's but never supported by either group's pope.
A 1443 agreement, the Cantate Domino, proposed a reunion of this sect with Rome, and was signed by its delegates and Rome's but never supported by either group's pope. The faith's ascetic and monastic nature was stressed by its first convert, Annianus, in the first century CE, and strengthened in the second century by Clement. It maintains several monasteries, the largest at Wadi Natrun, and is currently led by Pope Shenouda III. FTP, name this Christian offshoot supposedly founded by St. Mark and centered in Egypt.
A 1443 agreement, the Cantate Domino, proposed a reunion of this sect with Rome, and was signed by its delegates and Rome's but never supported by either group's pope.
{Coptic} Church (acc. {Copts})