The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is a very conservative Church, which preserves most carefully the Christian Faith, in its earliest and purest form, passed on from generation to generation, unaltered and true to the Apostolic doctrine and patterns of worship. It is a deeply spiritual and even mystical Church, with an emphasis upon holiness, and the Mysteries of Faith, but at the same time it is a strongly doctrinal Church, holding faithfully to the canons of the Holy Scripture and the Apostolic and Orthodox Creeds and Teachings of the Church Fathers of the first three Ecumenical Councils.