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His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)

Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, reporting Pope Shenouda III, June 2010

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles's own account of a June 2010 press conference in which Pope Shenouda III defended the church's position on divorce and remarriage after an Egyptian administrative court ruling attempted to mandate wider grounds for remarriage. States marriage within the Coptic Church is a sacrament and a religious duty, not merely an administrative action, and that no divorce has been permitted within the Coptic community except in cases the church itself recognizes, resting the church's restriction on scripture rather than civil law.

Facts
Citation
Publisher
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii
Publication Year
2010
URL
https://www.lacopts.org/news/his-holiness-defends-coptic-position-divorce-remarriage/
Source Type
institutional announcement
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
The diocese's own account of a press conference rather than the primary declaratory text itself, so held one tier below the 2003 declaration it corroborates.
Notes
Cited for Coptic Orthodoxy's marriage-position detail, corroborating the 1971 restriction's continuity.
Custodian
Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
Coptic Orthodox Church
Custodian Basis
An official diocesan site reporting its own Pope's press conference.
Connections

Associated With

Coptic Orthodoxy, Denominations

This source names Coptic Church directly: "States marriage within the Coptic Church is a sacrament and a religious duty, not merely an administrative action, and that no divorce has been permitted within the Coptic community except in cases..."

Source His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)the holders' own account
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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