• pwnicholson@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Ethiopian Coptics are some of the oldest Christian groups in the world. You could (and I think they do) argue they predate Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox.

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      Founded only 5 years after the Council of Nicea in 330 AD. Prosecution of Christianity in the Roman Empire under Emperor Constantine had only ended 12 years before, with the Edict of Milan decriminalizing open worship of Christ.

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      6 days ago

      (To continue to play devil’s advocate here:)

      True, but is Swahili spoken much in Ethiopia? If the song is an homage to the Coptics, why not sing it in Coptic, or even Amharic?