1. Since when is all experts dot com an authority on anything?
2. The coptic ‘Orthodox’ churches are not part of the Orthodox church they are part of the monophysites who split with the church over the Nicene Creed. (Usually if they are reffered to as Orthodox at all it is as the ‘Oriental Orthodox’ )
3. Many of these churches have joined up with the Roman Catholics in recent years.
” The coptic ‘Orthodox’ churches are not part of the Orthodox church they are part of the monophysites who split with the church over the Nicene Creed. (Usually if they are reffered to as Orthodox at all it is as the ‘Oriental Orthodox’ )”
Well, isn’t that interesting. You have no problem lumping all “protestant” denominations together under one banner even if some of the denominations have different theology or practices, but when it comes to orthodox denominations having differences, they are not really “orthodox”. How convenient!!