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The Coptic Catechism

The Map of the Catechism

The catechism read from question 1 to question 1,452. As each question passes, every Father it cites gilds his seat a little more, so the plate fills in the order a reader meets them. Under it, all 82 chapters at their real weight: 2 questions at the shortest, 55 at the longest (The Wondrous Creator, the Guardian of the World, in Christian Dogma).

Its companion is the Fathers of the catechism, region by region, with every question that cites each of them.

Map of the eastern Mediterranean with the regions where the Fathers the catechism cites taught. Each seat is a link to its list of Fathers below.Alexandria193The Desert45Jerusalem1Antioch334Caesarea210Constantinople5Rome196Carthage226
Each mark counts the questions that cite a Father who taught in that region, at the region’s main seat; a question that cites Fathers from two regions counts in both. 787 questions of 1,452 cite a Father the index places: 42 Fathers in 8 regions.

Alexandria

193 questions cite 7 Fathers who taught here.

The Desert of Egypt

45 questions cite 4 Fathers who taught here.

Jerusalem & the Holy Land

1 question cites 1 Father who taught here.

Antioch & Syria

334 questions cite 12 Fathers who taught here.

Asia Minor & Cappadocia

210 questions cite 6 Fathers who taught here.

Constantinople & the Greek East

5 questions cite 1 Father who taught here.

Rome & the Latin West

196 questions cite 9 Fathers who taught here.

North Africa

226 questions cite 2 Fathers who taught here.

1. Introduction to the Coptic Catechism

Volume 1 · 6 chapters · 92 questions.

2. Christian Dogma

Volume 1 · 13 chapters · 356 questions.

3. The Church: Kingdom of God

Volume 1 · 24 chapters · 429 questions.

4. Church Worship as a Journey to Heaven

Volume 2 · 14 chapters · 235 questions.

5. The Believer and the Heavenly Hosts

Volume 2 · 4 chapters · 72 questions.

6. Christian Concepts and Everyday Life

Volume 2 · 14 chapters · 172 questions.

7. Eschatology and the After Life

Volume 2 · 7 chapters · 96 questions.

Each chapter opens its book page at that chapter’s questions. To read one question at a time instead, start at the catechism, or go straight to the search.