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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Alexandria. An important city in the Roman Empire, Alexandria in Egypt was a centre of both Hellenism and Judaism. The foundation of the Church is traditionally ascribed to St Mark. It won fame as a centre of Christian thought through the work of Clement and Origen. Its ecclesiastical importance increased in the 4th and 5th cents., especially under its bishops Athanasius and Cyril. It was later diminished by the rise of Constantinople, further reduced by the adherence of most Egyptian Christians to the Monophysites, and virtually destroyed by the Persian and Arab invasions of the 7th cent. At the division of the E. and W. Churches, Alexandria remained on the side of the Constantinople. See also COPTIC CHURCH.

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