Publication at Hussite Theological Faculty |
2022
Abstract
The paper deals with contemporary Coptic Christology and the most characteristic attributes of it which some of them are different from Chalcedonian Christology. It is clear that both traditions preserve their specific characteristics but they are similar each other as well in some aspects.
Coptic Christology is distinguished by its Miaphysitism which claims that Christ has only one nature that came into being from two nature whilst Chalcedonian Christianity believes that Christ is in two nature: divine and human. For this reason, Chalcedonian Christology is possible to describe as Diophysite Christology. The paper is also important for understanding the relationships between Roman identity and Coptic nationalism in Late Antiquity.