Editing Antipope (section)

== Antipope of Alexandria ==
As the [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] ([[Egypt]]) has historically also held the [[Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria#Episcopal title|title of pope]], a person who, in opposition to someone who is generally accepted as a legitimate [[pope of Alexandria]], claims to hold that position may also be considered an antipope. [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic]] [[lector]] Max Michel became an antipope of Alexandria, calling himself Maximos I. His claim to the Alexandrine papacy was dismissed by both the [[Coptic Orthodox]] [[Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria|Pope Shenouda III]] and [[Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria|Pope Theodore II]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa|Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.copticpope.org/downloads/commondec/commondec-2-2006eng.pdf |title=Common Statement Between The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa Regarding Max Michel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511170645/http://www.copticpope.org/downloads/commondec/commondec-2-2006eng.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-11 |access-date=3 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Coptic pope of Alexandria and the Greek pope of Alexandria currently view one another, not as antipopes, but rather as successors to differing lines of [[apostolic succession]] that formed as a result of [[christology|christological]] disputes in the fifth century.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}