Volume 6 (2023)

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The Cult of the 144,000 in the Coptic Tradition

Youssef, Youhanna Nessim

Abstract:

This paper aims to study the identification of the 144,000 (innocent infants massacred by Hērodēs) and the evolution of their veneration through studying edited and unedited samples from the Coptic Liturgy texts, as well as the different Calendars.

Citation:

Youssef, Y.N. 2023. «The Cult of the 144,000 in the Coptic Tradition », JHIE 6: 139–158

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.10996193

Language: en

Submitted on 2023-05-20; accepted on 2023-12-15

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