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The Ethiopian Catholic Church is a Metropolitan sui iuris Eastern particular Church within the Catholic Church, separate from its Eastern Orthodox counterpart.

No, it is the Ethiopian Orthodox/Coptic church that I am referring to. However, in researching your question, I must admit error wrt Adoptionism - It is not the "official" stance (which is trinitarian), but rather a school of thought within it. It is a rather large school of thought, by my reckoning, as I have read Ethiopian documentation extensively - and it is an error I came by honestly in that pursuit... Perhaps evidence of practice being more relevant than dogmatic declaration.

I am not mistaken wrt canon, though. The Ethiopian church's full canon includes some 75-80 books, while their actual canon adds Enoch, and Jasher, and has a decidedly different Maccabees (Machabyan I, II, III) than the books that you, no doubt, revere.

I believe you about the error in understanding the Copts and Ethiopians position on the Trinity.

Better men than me have made that error before and it is my opinion that the entire Monophysite issue was a case of not speaking the same language. We have the same issue at times with various groupings outside the Church.

That being said, I will reiterate that if at any time, you or another Presbyterian is out there on conservative issues, like picketing one of Ohbummers's baby killing clinics or protesting the mosque at ground zero, I support you 100%.

Thanks for your reply, that helps.

From what I can find on the Ethiopian Orthodox/Coptic church, it is neither part of the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Roman Catholic Church, and hasn’t been so since it rejected the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. It has its own separate leadership, administration and theology.