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The Medieval Church · c. 970–987
The Book of the Councils
Severus ibn al-Muqaffa · d. c. 987
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What it is
An account of the church councils from a Coptic standpoint, explaining to an Arabic-speaking congregation why their church rejected Chalcedon.
Why it lasted
Part of the shift of Egyptian Christianity from Coptic into Arabic, by the bishop who did most to make that transition possible.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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