The Church Uncovered

4. Nicaea Uncovered - The Coptic Witness

Season 3 Episode 4

Episode 4: 

Anders interviews His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Archbishop of London. The Coptic Church has its metropolitan see in Alexandria, the birthplace of St Athanasius, the key Theologian of the Council, and his Patriarch, Alexander. The Coptic Church is part of a family of Churches which did not subscribe to the doctrines of the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. But Copts are strong adherents of the earlier Councils, and regard Athanasius very much as one of their great saintly forbears. Archbishop Angaelos reflects with Anders on the significance of Nicaea and the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed for his community today. In its heartland, Egypt, a Muslim majority country today, the Coptic Church has had its struggles and has known real concern. It remains a courageous witness to the Nicene faith.

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