Patriarchs (Bible) father of the prophets in Islam because all subsequent prophets descended from him (the Israelite prophets through Ishāq and Muhammad through Ismā'īl). The Matriarchs, also known as "the four mothers" (ארבע האמהות), who were married to the biblical patriarchs: Patriarchs (Bible) The patriarchs ( "Avot" or "Abot", singular "Ab" or Aramaic: אבא "Abba") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They
Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America through the Alexandrian and Ethiopian line, claiming to have been established by an Ethiopian prelate called Abune Mikael, who, according to the group's account, established the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America, reinserting the name “Coptic” into the name of the church in 1962. This event is not corroborated by the records of either the Coptic or Ethiopian Orthodox Churches. The Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America is not in communion with or recognized as a canonical body by any of the Oriental Orthodox churches, including the Coptic Orthodox Church or either of the