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United Copts <ref name="term_64256" />
<p> are those who, since 1732, have acknowledged the authority of the pope. They are of two rites '''''—''''' the Egyptian, and the Ethiopic or Abyssinian-and in Egypt they number 12,000. In 1855 the pope appointed one of their priests vicar apostolic and bishop in partibus. (See [[Copts]]). </p>

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<ref name="term_64256"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/united+copts United Copts from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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