The Scrolls of Bishop Timotheos

Download or read book The Scrolls of Bishop Timotheos written by Coptic Church. Patriarch (1370-1378 : Gabriel IV) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Found in 1964 at the fortress of Qasr Ibrim in Nubia, the scrolls must be reckoned amongst the most important discoveries in that season's work by the Egypt Exploration Society. They are doubtless the finest surviving example of medieval letters testimonials issued by a Patriarch of the Coptic Church to a bishop after his consecration and before his subsequent enthronement. Their greates importance, however, is as evidence that the Christian Church was still surviving in Lower Nubia in the late 14th century and its adherents numerous enough to warrant their own bishop.