I've read where The Gospel of Thomas was originally composed in the Coptic language (actually some sayings are believed to have been written in Greek predating the Coptic) but I've also seen where scholars have 'reversed engineered' the Coptic back into a Greek dialect. I'm wondering if such a document is easily accessible and its location. Specifically I'm looking for the Greek (from Coptic?) for saying number 108: "Jesus said, 'He who will drink from my mouth will become like Me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will become revealed to him.'"

I would like to understand if there are any repercussions of being baptized again in a Coptic church to be married there. I want to understand what this does to me in standing with my Roman Catholic upbringing and still being a Roman Catholic.

I have seem _images_ and _pdfs_ of the [Gnostic Gospels online](http://www.gnosis.org/library.html) , but nothing in plain text (copy-pastable) Coptic. Does such a thing exist? I would like to read the original Coptic scripts in full, and make notes and snippets from the original Coptic.

Considering kissing priest's hand is a christianity learning, where did this learning came from? Considering kissing priest's hand is a custom Where did this custom came from, Why it is wide spreading ? What is it's historical story ?

I can find plenty of information regarding modern Coptic beliefs concerning beliefs in the afterlife, but I was wondering if that was always the same. I imagine, as with all religions, especially ones with such a long and rich history as the Copts, that theology has evolved over time. Hence, I was wondering **where I can go to find what the doctrine for beliefs in the afterlife were in late antiquity (ca. second to fifth centuries CE). Can someone point me in the right direction?**

Is there a theological difference between the Greek Orthodox church and the Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox church?

Circumcision is a requirement from The Mosaic Law: > Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of > his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry > out my requirement. *(Gen. 17:14, NIV)* However the old laws are no longer a requirement based on being saved by grace. > For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not > from yourselves, it is the gift of God *(Ephesians 2:8, NIV)* I understand that the Coptic Orthodox Church still practices circumcision. What is the Biblical basis for this?

Following the death of the highest bishop of the Coptic church on March 17, 2012, what is the process by which he will be replaced?