Coptic Catholic Church

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Alexandrian Rite church Eastern Catholic Church sui iuris particular church

The Coptic Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Alexandrian tradition, in full communion with the Pope of Rome, that preserves Coptic liturgy and heritage while following Catholic doctrine.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Coptic Catholic Church canonical 19

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alexandrian Rite church ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris particular church ⓘ
christology Chalcedonian ⓘ
clergyDiscipline allows married priests in some circumstances ⓘ
communionType full communion ⓘ
communionWith Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Pope ⓘ
surface form: Pope of Rome

other Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
distinctFrom Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
ecclesiasticalPolity patriarchal ⓘ
emphasizes Coptic spiritual and monastic traditions ⓘ
followsCanonLaw Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ
followsDoctrineOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
governedBy Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
hasFaithfulIn Egyptian diaspora ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
hasHierarchyIn Egypt ⓘ
headquartersLocation Cairo ⓘ
isPartOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
leaderTitle Patriarch ⓘ
liturgicalFamily Alexandrian Rite ⓘ
liturgicalRite Coptic Rite ⓘ
originatesFrom Coptic Christian tradition ⓘ
patriarchalSee Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria
patriarchTitle Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts
preservesHeritageOf Coptic heritage ⓘ
preservesLiturgyOf Coptic tradition ⓘ
preservesTraditionsOf Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: ancient Church of Alexandria
primaryTerritory Egypt ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
recognizes ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church ⓘ
recognizesAuthorityOf Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome
religiousTradition Alexandrian liturgical tradition ⓘ
sharesDogmaWith Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church

other Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
sharesHeritageWith Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
theology Catholic theology ⓘ
unionWithRome formally established in the 18th–19th centuries ⓘ
usesCalendar Coptic calendar ⓘ
surface form: Coptic calendar (for some liturgical purposes)

Gregorian calendar (for general Catholic use) ⓘ
usesLiturgicalLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Coptic language ⓘ
surface form: Coptic

occasionally English ⓘ
occasionally French ⓘ
occasionally Italian ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Copts → primaryDenomination → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic Rite → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic language → liturgicalLanguageOf → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic calendar → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple → celebratedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) → associatedWithChurch → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Liturgy of Saint Cyril
Coptic script → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Alexandrian Rite → usedByChurch → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
See of Saint Mark → associatedWithChurch → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Koiak → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Epip → usedIn → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Bohairic Coptic → liturgicalLanguageOf → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
sui iuris Church → hasExample → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic literature → associatedWithChurch → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church → denomination → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church → churchSuiIuris → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ
Coptic cross → usedBy → Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ