In the field of comparative legal history Ethiopia is still an unknown country. One of its
treasures is the Fetha Nagast a book of law which had a great influence in the history of
Ethiopia and still has great consideration in the society with its richness in Biblical and
Christian principles. This book presents for the first time an ecclesiological and
missiological reflection on the Fetha Nagast. The first part of the work is focused on the
origin structure and content of this book of law. In the second part the author presents the
ecclesiology of the Fetha Nagast and its implications and prospectives in Ethiopian Catholic
Church. Other aspects studied are brotherhood ecclesiology the role of the Holy Spirit in the
past and present and the notion of Church in the Fetha Nagast as well as the history of
Christianity in Ethiopia.
