Copts

The Copts are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who primarily inhabit the area of modern Egypt, where they are the largest Christian denomination in the country. Copts are also the largest Christian adherent group in Sudan and Libya. Historically, they spoke the Coptic language, a direct descendant of the Demotic Egyptian that was spoken in late antiquity. Egyptian Copts maintain a distinct ethnic identity from Muslim Egyptians, and reject an Arab identity.

Copts in Through Darkest Europe

The Copts were the native Christians of Egypt. They were regarded as far more emancipated and modern than their brethren in Europe, and did not subscribe to the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas.