ABSTRACT
The word “Copt” originated from the Greek word “Aigyptius,” “Egyptian” which is the name of the sanctuary near Memphis “Het-Ka-Ptah,” “The dwelling of the ‘Ghost’(ka) of Ptah” and was disfigured by the Arabs to “Copt.” Nowadays, for a visitor to the Middle East, the word “Coptic” may signify a lot of meanings – like Christian Egyptians, mostly Orthodox – but there is a minority of Catholics and Protestants, or Christian Nubians from the seventh to eleventh centuries or Ethiopians living in Abyssinia. This word is used
1 To designate a people
a Exclusively, the population of Egypt (nearly 100% Christian before the Arab conquest –641 AD).
