Orthodoxy (disambiguation)
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Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy
The word orthodox, from Greek orthos + doxa , is generally used to mean the adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially in religion...

in its original sense referred to the State church of the Roman Empire
  • Sundry Christian Churches that style themselves 'Orthodox'
    Orthodox Christianity
    The term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...

     claim to be the continuation of the above:
    • Eastern Orthodoxy accepts 7 Ecumenical council
      Ecumenical council
      An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice....

      s.
    • Oriental Orthodoxy
      Oriental Orthodoxy
      Oriental Orthodoxy is the faith of those Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the First Council of Ephesus. They rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon...

       accepts 3 Ecumenical council
      Ecumenical council
      An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice....

      s (Miaphysitism
      Miaphysitism
      Miaphysitism is a Christological formula of the Oriental Orthodox Churches and of the various churches adhering to the first three Ecumenical Councils...

      ).
    • Assyrian Orthodoxy
      Assyrian Church of the East
      The Assyrian Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ʻIttā Qaddishtā w-Shlikhāitā Qattoliqi d-Madnĕkhā d-Āturāyē), is a Syriac Church historically centered in Mesopotamia. It is one of the churches that claim continuity with the historical...

       accepts 2 Ecumenical council
      Ecumenical council
      An ecumenical council is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice....

      s (Nestorianism
      Nestorianism
      Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine advanced by Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople from 428–431. The doctrine, which was informed by Nestorius's studies under Theodore of Mopsuestia at the School of Antioch, emphasizes the disunion between the human and divine natures of Jesus...

      ).

Orthodoxy may also refer to:
  • Orthodox Judaism
    Orthodox Judaism
    Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...

    , an approach to Judaism
  • A book by G. K. Chesterton (1908)
    Orthodoxy (book)
    Orthodoxy is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics...

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