Chapter 5. Monks and Monasteries

Formation of the Committee for the Preservation of Manuscripts and Coptic Heritage

Original Arabic Text
  1. The Holy Synod decided to present to the heads of the monasteries, that is, the Synodal Monasteries Affairs Committee, the subjects related to the monasteries manuscripts, to make a decision on these manuscripts.
  2. The Monasteries Affairs Committee had discussed the matter and recommended the formation of a Institute named "the Committee for the Preservation of Manuscripts and Coptic Heritage", in order to record [make an inventory of] all manuscripts and renew methods and rules for preserving, using and publishing them. His Holiness the Pope decided later that the Monasteries Affairs Committee is the competent authority to do so."