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Do we as Coptic Christians believe that Protestants are going to hell? Why or why not?

The ultimate fate of each soul is knowledge only to God. As Coptic Orthodox Christians, we adhere to the doctrine delivered to us by the apostles, which we hold as true according to the Holy Scripture, the Holy Tradition, and the teachings and writings of the early Church Fathers. Our vast differences with Protestants and Catholics are in dogma, worship, and biblical interpretations, but our faith in the Holy Trinity as God is the same. Any organization proclaiming to be Christian but does not believe in the deity of the Holy Trinity as God is heretical and is not recognized as a Christian church. Our Church traces her heritage through the apostles and their successors unto the Lord Jesus Christ. We love, support, and pray for all Christians, but indeed there are stark differences amongst denominations: Orthodox, Catholics, and the various sects of Protestants.
  
Please read:
Comparative Theology by HH Pope Shenouda III of Thrice Blessed Memory
Articles on the Orthodox Faith: https://suscopts.org/resources/literature/orthodox-faith/