SSCN Voumes 1-10, 1994-2004

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter

the field. These presentations will be structured in a 20-minute format with a 10-minute follow-up discussion. The maximum time allotted to these presentations, including the discussion, will be 30 minutes. The third type is the papers that involve substantial slides or similar graphic presentations. Prior approval by the organizing committee is required for such presentation. The presenter will be given 30-35 minutes for the presentations with a maximum of 10-minute follow-up discussion. The maximum type for such presentation will be 45 minutes. Registration: All interested persons can pre- register through our website. The address is http://www.stshenouda.com/society/5ccnfreg.htm Introduction: Several years ago the Society coined the term Ecclesiastical Principle , which was used to show how Coptic was an integral part of the Coptic Orthodox Christian. In summary, it stated that the member of this group is made up of three elements as the name indicates: Christian (i.e. Bible), Orthodox (Patristics), and Coptic. In the Society's work to revive the Coptic heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Christians, I came upon a manuscript that best typifies such a concept. This was a collection of patristic writings mixed with excepts of the Gospels in Coptic. It is referred to in here as 'Coptic Catena'. In this article, I will introduce the various elements of this unique

A nominal registration fee for the 2-day conference will be charged as follows: Members: $20.00 Non-Members: $25.00 UCLA Students & Faculty N/C Other Students $15.00 Notification and Abstracts: Those interested in participating need to notify the Society in writing by May 20, 2003. Written abstracts will be due by July 1, 2003. Publications of the Proceedings: Selected papers presented at the Conference will be published in Coptica for the year 2004. A final draft of each paper shall be submitted by the presenter no later than January 30, 2004. Geerard, M. Clavis Patrum Graecorum. vol. iv. Concilia, Catenae. Turnhout 1980. [CPG] Hebbelynck, A Les Kephalaia et les Titloi des Evangiles dans les Mss Boh…la Lettre d'Eusebe a Carpianus d'apres le Ms Boh…Textes Inedits et Traduction. Le Museon 41 (1928) 81-120. BM740 is in pp. 111-113 (text), pp.113-114 (French Translation) [Hebbelynck] Lagarde, Paul de, Catenae in Evangelia Aegyptiacae Quae Supersunt , Goettingen 1886. [Lagarde] Layton, B. Catalogue of the Coptic Literary Manuscripts in the British Library acquired after 1905. London 1987 [Layton]

Bohairic Coptic Gospel Catena (By Hany Takla)

manuscript. References: Crum, W. E.

St. Shenouda Coptic Newsletter Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London 1905. [BMC] Leipoldt, J. (Summary Catalog of the Coptic Manuscripts in the University Library at leipzig) In Vollers, Katalog d. Islamischen, Chrislich- Orient …Hss. zu Leipzig. Leipzig 1906 [Tischendorf]

History of the Manuscript: The manuscript was originally written in the late 9 th century, AD 888-889, in the Monastery of St. Macarius in Wadi al-Natrun. It seems to have been a part of

Evelyn-White, H., The Monasteries of Wadi 'N Natrun . Part I. New Coptic Texts From the Monastery of St. Macarius. New York 1934 [White]

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