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   CHAPTER VI

   The Armenian Church

1. PAGES

1. The Legendary Period—Gregory the Illuminator—Mesrob—The Council of Tiben—The Council of Carana—Severance from the Greek Church—The Armenian Constitution—Russian Possessions in Armenia—The Massacres ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   539–552

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   DIVISION V

   THE COPTIC AND ABYSSINIAN CHURCHES

    

   CHAPTER I

   Origin and Early History of the Coptic Church

3. The Copts—Origin of Christianity in Egypt—Its Characteristics—Alexandrian Opposition to Nestorianism—The Monks—Monophysite Schism ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   553–571

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   CHAPTER II

   The Persian and Arab Conquests

5. The Copts during the Invasions—The Failure of Heraclius as a Ruler—The Mohammedan Invasion—The National Patriarch Benjamin—The Melchite Patriarch Cyril—The Mukaukas—The Mohammedan Settlement ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   572–584

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   CHAPTER III

   The Copts under the Caliphate

7. Coptic Art—John Semundæus—A Friendly Caliphate—Persecution—The Scandal of Simony—The Fatimite Period ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   585–602

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   CHAPTER IV

   The Turkish Period

9. Turkish Sultans—The Copts during the Crusades—The Dispute about Confessing over a Censer—Saladin—The Mamelukes—The Copts in Modern Times ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   603–614

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    CHAPTER V

    Abyssinian Christianity

11. Ethiopia—Frumentius and Ædesius—The Vanishing of Christianity from Nubia—Isolation of Abyssinia—Portuguese Embassy—Bruce's Travels—Recent Events ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    615–626

12. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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