Preface Introduction Part 1Pre-Christian Egypt and Christianity in the Nation's Greco-Roman Period Introduction to Part 1 1 Pre-Christian Egypt 1 An Overview of Ancient Egyptian History from the Predynastic to the Roman Period 2 Religion in Egypt 3 Egypt in the Bible2 Christianity Emerges and Takes Shape in Egypt, 50-300 1 Was There a Christian Church in First- and Second-Century Egypt? 2 Emerging Evidence of Christianity in Second-Century Egypt 3 The Catechetical School of Alexandria 4 Episcopal Leadership 5 The Rise of Monasticism (the Second through Fourth Centuries) 6 The Egyptian Founders of Monasticism3 The Struggle of Athanasius, 301-381 1 The Great Persecution 2 The Melitian Schism 3 The Trinitarian Controversy of the Fourth Century4 The Conflict between Cyril and Nestorius, 382-451 1 Prelude to the Controversy 2 The Nestorian Controversy5 Byzantine Oppression and the Arab Conquest, 451-641 1 The Immediate Aftermath of Chalcedon 2 Ethiopia and SudanPart 2Egyptian Christianity under Islam Introduction to Part 2 6 The Coptic Church under Early Islamic Rule, 641-1260 1 The First Centuries after the Arab Conquest, 641-750 2 Abbasid "Islamic Empire" Period, 750-970 3 The Church in the Fatimid Caliphate, 969-1171 4 Ayyubid Dynasty, 1171-1260 5 The Coptic Church in the Thirteenth Century7 The Coptic Church under the Mamluks and Ottomans, 1260-1854 1 Under the Mamluk Empire, 1260-1517 2 Under the Ottoman Empire, 1517-1798 3 French Invasion and Occupation, 1798-1801 4 The Era of Muhammad Ali, 1805-18488 The Revival of the Coptic Church, 1854-1958 1 Church Revival9 The American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1950 1 General Background to Mission in the 19th Century 2 The Mission Launched 3 Decline of the American Mission10 The Coptic Church in the Modern World, 1959-2020 1 The Church and Modernity11 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt in the Modern World, 1950-2020 1 The Evangelical Church Becomes Independent 2 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt Today 3 CEOSS, the Protestant Council, and the Kasr al-Debarra 4 A Final WordAppendix 1: The Nicene Creed (Original Version), 325Appendix 2: The Nicene Creed (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Version), 381Appendix 3: The Chalcedonian Definition, 451 Bibliography Index.