This bibliography lists both Arabic and English texts by contemporary Coptic authors on liturgical theology, the liturgy, and the Eucharist. Entries are chronologically, by year of original publication.
See also ACCOT entries with the tags: liturgy, liturgical theology, Eucharist.
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Arabic
Salama, (Abouna) Youhanna. The Precious Vessel: An Explanation of the Rites and Doctrines of the Church [al-āli’ al-nafīsa fī sharḥ ṭuqūs wa mu‘taqadāt al-kanīsa]. 2 vols. 1st edn 1909. Repr., Shubra: Sharikat al-Taba‘a al-Masriyya, 1999. (Coptic Treasures)
Kamil, Farid. The Coptic Church’s Revival through the Return to Her Original Rites [Iḥyāʾ al-kanīsat al-qibṭiyya bi-iʿādatihā ilá ṭuqūsihā al-aṣliyya]. Cairo: Matba‘at al-muḥit bil-Fajjala, 1913. (Gallica)
Girgis, Habib. The Seven Sacraments of the Church [Asrār al-kanīsa al-sab‘a]. Cairo: Matba‘at al-Tawfiq al-Qibtiyya, 1934.
Bishara, (Archdeacon) Nicola. The Mystery of the Lord’s Supper [Sirr al-‘ashā’ al-rabbānī]. Cairo: Matba‘at al-tawfiq bi-Masr, n.d. (Coptic Treasures)
Awadalla, (Hegumen) Manqaryus. The Lamp of the Holy Places, Illuminating the Rites of the Church and the Liturgy [Manārat al-aqdās fī sharḥ ṭuqūs al-kanīsa wa-l-quddās]. Vol. 1. al-Sakakini: al-Matba‘a al-Tajariyya al-Haditha, 1947. (PDFs, Difa3iat.com)
Youannis, Bishop. The Spirituality of the Rite of the Liturgy in the Coptic Orthodox Church [Rūḥāniyyat ṭaqs al-quddās fī-l-Kanīsa al-Qibṭiyya al-Urthūdhuksiyya]. Daher, Cairo: The Church of the Great Archangel Michael, 1980. (English translation)
Tawadros, Morris. The Eucharist according to St Cyril of Alexandria [al-Ifkhāristiyyā ‘ind al-Qiddīs Kīrillus al-Askandarī]. Masr Jidida: Dar Yusuf Kamal li-l-Taba‘a, 1994. ) (Coptic Treasures)
al-Miskin, Matta. The Eucharist: The Lord’s Supper. A Study of the Early Sources of the Liturgy and an Introduction to the Explanation of the Liturgy and its Development from the First Century to the Present [al-Ifkhāristiyyā: ‘ashā’ al-Rabb. Baḥth fī al-uṣūl al-ulā li-l-lītūrjiyya wa madkhal li sharḥ al-quddās wa taṭawwar-hu min al-qarn al-awwal ḥattā al-ḥāḍir]. Wadi al-Natrun: St Macarius Press, 2000.
al-Makari, Athanasius. The Divine Liturgy: The Mystery of the Kingdom of God [al-Quddās al-ilahī: sirr malakūt Allah]. 2 vols. 1st edn. 2008. Obour: Matabi‘ al-Nubar, 2008.
Farouq, David. The Liturgy of Life: A Study in the Liturgical Theology of the Church of Alexandria [Lītūrjiyyā al-ḥayā: dirāsa fī al-lahūt al-lītūrjī li-kanīsat al-Iskandariyya]. Edited by Bishop Epiphanius. Sio Press, 2019.
English
Dawoud, Fr Morcos. The Seven Sacraments [or in some editions Church Sacraments]. 1st edn. 1975. Repr. Kensington, VIC: St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, 1996.
Mettaous, Bishop. The Spirituality of the Rites of the Holy Liturgy in the Coptic Orthodox Church. Translated by Laurice Saleeb. Edited by Amanda Hanna. Sydney, NSW: St Mary & St Mina Church, 1996. (ACCOT)
Davis, Stephen J. “The Modern Legacy of Coptic Christology.” In Coptic Christology in Practice: Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt, 271–278. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Youanis, Bishop. Sacramental Life. Christian Living Series, Vol. 1. Putty, NSW: St Shenouda’s Monastery, 2012. (Amazon)