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No dog in this fight, having left Christianity in leaving behind a tumultuous youth -- but question. Why aren't Coptic christian sects more representative of w
by tomrod 5y ago
No dog in this fight, having left Christianity in leaving behind a tumultuous youth -- but question.
Why aren't Coptic christian sects more representative of what would have happened without Christianity usurping/inheriting Roman authority?
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoI'm no expert, but think the Coptic sects accepted early Roman orthodoxy, participated in the various councils, adopted the Nicene creed, condemned the various heresies, etc. So they differ extensively from the rather heterogenous beliefs and practices of the church of 1st and 2nd century. In a way, maybe Islam is closer to what you're suggesting. A monotheistic religion without the dominance of the Roman empire or influence from it, and without the rather odd violent debates about the trinity and the relationship of Christ to God etc. that went on in early Church