Marqus ibn Qunbar's Master and disciple: Coptic medieval controversy on auricular confession
"Marqus ibn Qunbar's Master and Disciple offers the critical edition and translation of a theological treatise that is published here for the first time. Marqus (+1208), a Coptic priest, was a controversial figure who challenged the Coptic hierarchs and eventually joined the Melkites. He a...
| Subtitles: | Master and disciple |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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| In: |
Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity (volume 35)
Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity
volume 35 |
| Further subjects: | B
Coptic Church
Doctrines Early works to 1800
B Marqus ibn Qunbar (-1208) B Manuscripts, Medieval B Christian literature, Early (Egypt) B Confession Miscellanea Early works to 1800 B Coptic fathers of the church B Manuscripts, Arabic B Salvation after death Miscellanea Early works to 1800 |
| Summary: | "Marqus ibn Qunbar's Master and Disciple offers the critical edition and translation of a theological treatise that is published here for the first time. Marqus (+1208), a Coptic priest, was a controversial figure who challenged the Coptic hierarchs and eventually joined the Melkites. He argued that auricular confession is indispensible for salvation, but his superiors considered such teaching foreign to the Coptic heritage and incompatible with the Bible and Didascalia. For them, forgiveness is granted through repentance, the liturgy, and general absolution. The contentious disagreement sparked by Marqus among the Coptic community remains a subject of ongoing debate among Christians"-- |
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| Item Description: | Text gleaned from four manuscripts: Cairo Patriarchate Library (Theology 235); St. Macarius Monastery (Theology 16); and two at Vatican Library (Arabic 97 and Sbath 15) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004699376 |