2-8: Copts And Egypt

• In 451, 115 years before Prophet Muhammad, several men representing various facets of Christianity met in Chalcedon in modern Turkey.
• They were discussing how to define the true nature of Christ. They believed he was divine, yet he lived and died like a man.
• 3 weeks later, they decided Jesus Christ had two natures in one: he was both God and man.
• Any Christians who deviated from this belief were declared heretics which immediately led to a schism in the Church
• While most Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians accepted the Chalcedon decree, Armenian, Ethiopian, and Coptic Christians did not...Continue Reading