Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy
   Greek for "right belief," referring to matters of Christian faith and doctrine, the core of which is defined in the ecumenical councils (q.v.) of the church. Beliefs and practices condemned by accepted church councils are considered heresy (q.v.). The Byzantine and western churches were frequently suspicious of each other's Orthodoxy, indeed were intermittently schismatic down to the final church schism of 1054 (q.v.), so that today the term is used to refer to the doctrines and liturgy of the eastern churches whose roots lie in the Byzantine church. Orthodoxy survived the fall of Constantinople (q.v.) in 1453 to become Byzantium's living legacy. It is an active force in lands that formerly comprised Byzantium (q.v.), as well as in Slavic (q.v.) lands proselytized by Byzantium. Byzantine art and church architecture cannot be understood without a basic understanding of Orthodoxy.

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  • Orthodoxy — • Right belief or purity of faith. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Orthodoxy     Orthodoxy     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Orthodoxy — Or tho*dox y, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. orthodoxie. See {Orthodox}.] 1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; opposed to {heterodoxy} or to {heresy}. [1913 Webster] Basil himself …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • orthodoxy — index doctrine, dogma Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • orthodoxy — 1620s, from Gk. orthodoxia, from orthodoxos (see ORTHODOX (Cf. orthodox)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • orthodoxy — ► NOUN (pl. orthodoxies) 1) orthodox theory, doctrine, or practice. 2) the state of being orthodox. 3) the whole community of Orthodox Jews or Orthodox Christians …   English terms dictionary

  • orthodoxy — [ôr′thə däk΄sē] n. pl. orthodoxies [Gr orthodoxia] 1. the quality or fact of being orthodox 2. an orthodox belief, doctrine, custom, etc …   English World dictionary

  • ORTHODOXY — The term Orthodoxy first appeared in respect to Judaism in 1795, and became widely used from the beginning of the 19th century in contradistinction to the reform movement in judaism . In later times other terms, such as Torah true, became popular …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Orthodoxy — For other uses, see Orthodoxy (disambiguation). The Theotokos of Vladimir icon (12th century) The word orthodox, from Greek orthos ( right , true , straight ) + doxa ( opinion or belief , related to dokein, to think ),[1 …   Wikipedia

  • orthodoxy — [[t]ɔ͟ː(r)θədɒksi[/t]] orthodoxies 1) N VAR An orthodoxy is an accepted view about something. These ideas rapidly became the new orthodoxy in linguistics... He broke from prevailing orthodoxies and asked the awkward questions... What was once a… …   English dictionary

  • Orthodoxy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Orthodoxy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 orthodoxy orthodoxy Sgm: N 1 strictness strictness soundness religious truth true faith Sgm: N 1 truth truth &c. 494 Sgm: N 1 soundness of doctrine soundness of doctrine …   English dictionary for students

  • orthodoxy — UK [ˈɔː(r)θəˌdɒksɪ] / US [ˈɔrθəˌdɑksɪ] noun Word forms orthodoxy : singular orthodoxy plural orthodoxies 1) [countable/uncountable] an idea or practice that is accepted by most people as being correct or usual The current orthodoxy is child… …   English dictionary

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