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==Theological disputes and the 2007 Coptic Church crisis==
These have recently come to the attention of the mainstream secular newsmedia in Egypt (see, for example, [http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5787 this Egyptian newspaper article in English published on 23 February 2007]). More recently a book entitled ''Achieving Your Potential in Christ: Theosis - Plain Talks on a Major Doctrine of Orthodoxy'' by the Very Rev. Fr. [[Anthony M. Coniaris ]] (Edited by D. A. Riewe) has been banned by the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church presided by Pope Shenouda III on 26 May 2007, as it was considered to be against Pope Shenouda's teachings.<sup>[http://www.copticpope.org/keraza351920/page1.jpg]</sup> Wikipedia has further details about the subject.<sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Shenouda_III_of_Alexandria&oldid=132559251#Theological_disputes]</sup> Some learned observers have attributed Pope Shenouda's decades-long theological disputes with different Coptic theologians (like the late Father [[Matta El-Meskeen]]) to personal and ecclesiastico-political motives, rather than to any genuine doctrinal flaws or deviations from Orthodoxy in the writings of these theologians.
See also the 2007 conflict of the Coptic Church with the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Egypt: [[Bishoy_%28Nicola%29_of_Damietta#A_.22controversial.22_figure]].