“We exalt you Mother of the True Light,” Coptic Hymn or Creed; and the Date of Origin.

Abstract

Today in the Coptic Church a text precedes the Creed during several services of the Liturgy of the hours. This text has become known as the “Introduction to the Creed,” [IttC] and is generally recited in the same manner as the Nicene-Constantinopolitan creed that follows it.