Blog Posting - (4/14/2017) Coptic Christian

It is that time of year again as Christians observe Holy Week.  Psalm Sunday to Easter Sunday.  Because I kind of grew up with different denominations within the Christian Church, I have never really “focused” on Holy Week, but try to think about “Holy Week” throughout the year, it is important but not a high priority in my personal life, because I focused on Christ Himself and His work on my life through the working of the Holy Spirit.  Another aspect that I don’t really like is that it is the week that a lot of nominal Christians go to Church two time a year, Easter and Christmas.  The pews are largely full of nominal Christians that just “do it” out of tradition, especially in America.  I never really understood that particular tradition.  Because if Christianity is important to an individual then they would go to church every Sunday and try to live a Christian life.  That is why it is critical for the Gospel needs to be preached on Easter and Christmas.  Like any other Sunday worship it is important to preach the Gospel but out of all the days of the year these two days are important because it may make a person realize that they are in need of the Savior, and strive to live a Christian life.  That is my general thoughts about the Holy Week, but one of the oldest churches today is the Coptic Christian Church that is mainly in Egypt.  The Coptic Church traces their line down to St. Mark from one of the apostles.  That being said, they didn’t go with the Roman Catholic Church much like the Eastern Orthodox Church.  We had three significant churches of the past and still in the present.  The Coptic Church did how ever has some things that were closer to Reformed Tradition but also far away from a Calvinist viewpoint.  They believe in the notion that God and Man has a part in Man’s salvation, in which the Calvinist viewpoint would disagree with that.  So, in part, Arminianism on this viewpoint is closer to the Coptic Church.  Considering the three different early churches, I would go for the Coptic Church over the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox.  There isn’t much resources out there when it comes to the Coptic Church compared to the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants.  But none the less, I would like to take the time and write about an important part of the Christian history and is mainly forgotten especially the western nations.  I understand that the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches have played a bigger role in Christian history and understanding but there needs to be a focus on the historical viewpoint of the Coptic and Eastern Orthodox Churches as well.  They too are important.  That is my thoughts about the whole Coptic Church and its importance to history in relations with the other main Christian denominations.