History of Eastern Christianity: 16 (Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies)

This book is a classic in the history of the Oriental Churches which are sometimes portrayed as heretical in general church history books if mentioned at all. Written by a Copt it portrays the history of the faith of these non-Chalcedonian Churches with first-hand knowledge of their traditions. The author covers Alexandrine Christianity (the Copts and the Ethiopians) the Church of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox) the “Nestorian” Church of the East the Armenian Church the St. Thomas Christians of South India the Maronite Church as well as the Vanished Churches of Carthage Pentapolis and Nubia.