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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Patriarch of Alexandria
The Patriarch of Alexandria is the bishop of Alexandria, Egypt.
The Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, a bishop in communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches.
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 Anianus of alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 Severus of Al'Ashmunein (Hermopolis), History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria  (1904) Part 2: ...
So she sent to the city of Alexandria, to enquire into the matter, and to restore the Father Theodosius, the patriarch, to his see; and she bade the messengers inform her how his appointment as patriarch took place at his ordination, and whether it was accomplished according to the canon of the Church.
But he showed favour to the clergy of Alexandria, and caused Mennas, patriarch of Constantinople, to ordain for them a man, named Paul of Tinnis, that he might be patriarch on the throne of Alexandria, and sent him, accompanied by a troop of soldiers, to the city of Alexandria.
So his residence was outside Alexandria, at a 471 distance of nine miles, at the church dedicated to the name of Joseph; and they used to carry to him all that he needed; but the prince knew nothing of him.
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 Ancient antisemitism, part one
He returned to Egypt, where he decided to avenge himself on the Jews of Alexandria, who were told that they could only save their lives by sacrificing to the god Dionysus.
Aulus Avilius Flaccus was the Roman governor of Egypt between 32 and 38 and, according to Philo, a complete villain.
There had always been tensions between the three population groups of Alexandria: the Greeks despised the Jews, and Egyptians hated them because the Jews had privileges which they did not possess.
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 List of Patriarchs of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gregory of Cappadocia (339-346) (most in the Coptic Church deny his papacy and say Athanasius was the true patriarch)
In 451 the Coptic Church split from the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
For later Patriarchs see List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria and List of Coptic Popes.
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 Severus of Al'Ashmunein (Hermopolis), History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria  (1904) Part 1: ...
Then he returned to Alexandria, and found that the brethren had been strengthened in the faith, and had multiplied by the grace of God, and had found means to build a church in a place called the Cattle-pasture
In his time there was a disturbance at Alexandria, and the emperor Severus banished him to a place called the quarter of the Museum; and there he died on the 12th.
Then Dionysius, the great patriarch of the great city of Alexandria, wrote down what had happened to him, and what had befallen him during the period of his primacy; and we have learnt these things from his epistles and his instructions, which we have seen in all the churches, in every place.
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Today the Coptic Patriarchs of Alexandria have the title of Pope and the Coptic church shares communion with other Monophysite churches, including the Jacobites of Syria, the Armenian church, and the Abyssinian Church of Ethiopia.
The list is the same as that of the Orthodox patriarchs of Alexandria until the schism of the late 440's.
Amalric besieged him in Alexandria until he agreed to leave; a Crusader garrison, however, remained in Egypt and Amalric allied with the Byzantine Empire, planning to conquer it entirely.
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 Kautsky: Foundations of Christianity (2. After the Exile 1)
Mommsen says of Alexandria that it “was almost as much a city of Jews as of Greeks; the Jewish community there was at least the equal of that of Jerusalem in number, wealth, ability and organization.
Congregating helped in this respect too; in Alexandria, for example, two of the five districts of the city were chiefly inhabited by Jews.” [23] The Alexandrian Jews achieved not only wealth but also prestige and influence over the rulers of the world.
His name was Avilius Flaccus, a brave man and an excellent administrator under Tiberius, but now crippled by the disfavor of the new emperor and in constant fear of recall and prosecution; he therefore was not above making use of the occasion to reestablish himself.
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 Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. IV
Was Origen here speaking of the catechetical school of Alexandria, and assuming its teaching to be that of the whole Church?
If so, was not this recognition of the Alexandrian leadership the precursor of that terrible shock which was given to Christendom by the rise of Arianism out of such a stronghold of orthodoxy?
Does not the power of Athanasius to stand "against the world" assure us that he was strong in the position that "the teaching of the Church," in Alexandria and elsewhere, was against Arias, whom he was able to defeat by prescription as well as by Scripture?
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 List of Patriarchs of Alexandria - TheBestLinks.com - Athanasius of Alexandria, Cyril of Alexandria, 43, 385, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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 AN: Best Excerpts
If we understand this to be the apostolic teaching, every papal claim to legitimacy evaporates for, if Peter is not the rock on which the Church is built, the entire papal edifice has no foundation to support it.
Clement of Alexandria, A.D. "All things were made by Him, and without Him was not even one thing."Certainly He is called "the chief corner stone; in whom the whole building, fitly joined together, groweth into an holy temple of God," according to the divine apostle.
Chapter XI Tertullian, A.D. Was anything withheld from the knowledge of Peter, who is called "the rock on which the church should be built," who also obtained "the keys of the kingdom of heaven," with the power of "loosing and binding in heaven and on earth?"...
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 WordsA
Some Jews of Alexandria were present on the Day of Pentecost, so a church may have formed there, though it is not mentioned in the New Testament.
In Alexandria there were also followers of John the Baptist, and one of these named Apollos came to EPHESUS where he was introduced to a Trinitarian faith (Acts 18:24-28).
At the age of 32 Athanasius (c.296-373) became Bishop of Alexandria (328) but was forced into exile by the powerful supporters of ARIUS.
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 wikien.info: List_of_Patriarchs_of_Alexandria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Encyclopedia : L : LI : LIS : List of Patriarchs of Alexandria
This list contains only those Patriarchs who served before the schism of AD For post-schism Patriarchs, follow the links at the bottom of this page.
Gregory of Cappadocia (339—346) (most in the Coptic Church deny his papacy and say Athanasius was the true patriarch)
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 Ante-Nicene Volume 7
Of Alexandria, Annianus was the first, ordained by Mark the evangelist; the second Avilius by Luke, who was also an evangelist.
{*Here is the explanatory note of the Edinburgh editors: "The Patriarch of Alexandria is meant.
The word pa/paj was used at first to designate all bishops; but its application gradually became more restricted, and so here the Patriarch of Alexandria is called pa/paj, as being superior to the bishops of his patriarchate."}
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 ipedia.com: List of Patriarchs of Alexandria Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mark the Evangelist Anianus Avilius Kedron Primus Justus Eumenes Mark II Celadion Agrippinus Julian Demetrius Heraclas Dionysius Maximus Theonas Peter I Achillas Alexander I Athanasius I Gregory of Ca...
List of Patriarchs of Alexandria Article - ipedia.com
In 460 the Coptic Church split from the Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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 Liste der Patriarchen von Alexandria - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
Article in English: List of Patriarchs of Alexandria
Die Liste umfasst die Patriarchen von Alexandria bis zur Kirchenspaltung durch das Konzil von Chalcedon.
Die Liste der koptischen Päpste und die Liste der orthodoxen Patriarchen von Alexandria setzen diese Liste fort.
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