Religious Glossary - common terms used related to Religion
Orthodox - The word orthodoxy, from the Greek ortho
('right', 'correct') and doxa ('thought', 'teaching'), is
typically used to refer to the correct theological or doctrinal
observance of religion, as determined by some overseeing body.
The term did not conventially exist with any degree of formality
(in the sense in which it is now used) prior to the advent
of Christianity in the Greek-speaking world, though the word
does occasionally show up in ancient literature in other,
somewhat similar contexts. (wikipedia)
One of the major divisions within Christianity (the others
being Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism and Protestantism). It
consists of 15 autocephalous churches. Each is headed by a
bishop; most are related to a specific country, as in Serbian,
Russian and Greek Orthodox. The Orthodox and Roman Catholic
churches had been drifting apart in belief, practice and ritual
for centuries before they formally split in 1054 CE. Each
now regards themselves to be the only true Christian church.
(religious
tolerance)
Literally "straight opinion"; a term used to approve of somone's
theology. Over time "orthodox" and "catholic" came to describe
opinions which reflected the consensus of the churches, but
that consensus took a long time to settle into the form we
now recognise.
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