Nubian Church

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Christian church Eastern Christian tradition medieval church

The Nubian Church was a medieval Christian church in the Nubian kingdoms of what is now Sudan, notable for its Miaphysite theology, close ties to the Coptic Church, and use of the Old Nubian language and script in its liturgy and writings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Christian Church of Nubia 1
Nubian Christianity 1
Nubian Church canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church ⓘ
Eastern Christian tradition ⓘ
medieval church ⓘ
acceptedChristologicalFormula one incarnate nature of the Word of God ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom church murals ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
papyri ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom Alodia ⓘ
Makuria ⓘ
Nobadia ⓘ
christianDenominationalFamily Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox
christologicalPosition Miaphysite ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Coptic Church
communionWith Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
declinePeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
floruitCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
hadHierarchy bishops ⓘ
monks ⓘ
priests ⓘ
inCommunionWith Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Alexandrian patriarchate
influencedBy Coptic monasticism ⓘ
liturgicalUse Coptic language ⓘ
Greek language ⓘ
Old Nubian ⓘ
surface form: Old Nubian language
locatedInPresentDay Sudan ⓘ
southern Egypt ⓘ
primaryRegion Nubia ⓘ
primaryScripture Bible ⓘ
producedTextType biblical manuscripts ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
rejectedCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christianity ⓘ
scriptureLanguage Coptic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Old Nubian ⓘ
supersededBy Islamic Nubian polities ⓘ
surface form: Islam in Nubia
theologicalOrientation Miaphysitism ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
usedLanguage Coptic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Old Nubian ⓘ
usedScript Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Old Nubian script
usedWritingSystem Greek uncial forms ⓘ
adapted Coptic script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Nubian script (historically) → associatedChurch → Nubian Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Nubian script
Faras → hasReligion → Nubian Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nubian Christianity
Alodia → religiousAffiliation → Nubian Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Church of Nubia