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- Dictionaryor·tho·dox/ˈôrTHəˌdäks/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or their views, especially religious or political ones, or other beliefs or practices) conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved: "orthodox medical treatment" Similar
- 2. (of a thing) of the ordinary or usual type; normal: "they avoided orthodox jazz venues"
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Dec 20, 2010 · Not everyone in this day and age is orthodox chirstian. Mar 9:38-40 ¶ And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
Sep 28, 2017 · Pantokrator= Almighty. In English the same word and meaning applies in terms such as: Panoramic, pandemic, pantheon and if you remember there was an airline called Pan-American airways. Pan-Orthodox implies a gathering of Orthodox christians from all the jurisdictions. Constantine_Orthodox, ~Anastasia~ and PittBullMom.
Mar 1, 2011 · Feb 28, 2011. #1. This discussion on the Orthodox and Calvinists has brought up a question regarding the definition of Election and/or Predestination within the Orthodox context. If I believe correctly, the Lutheran view of Election/Predestination states that the verses that speak of the Elect and those Predestined refer to the Church (and ...
Nov 11, 2012 · When drawing a comparison between "high" Anglicanism and Orthodoxy, you can, of course, find many liturgical and practical similarities; the greatest similarity, however, would be ecclesiology. The Anglican Church has traditionally had a relationship to secular leaders and to bishops more similar to that of the Orthodox Church in many respects.
Mar 19, 2014 · Christ is a victim who stands in place of guilty sinners in a legal manner. Orthodoxy seeks to keep God a Mystery while Catholicism seeks to define everything. The Scholastics are the best example of taking the mystery and majesty of God away and placing a definition-based Aristotlean sensibility to the infinite.
Aug 16, 2004 · Today Orthodox writers still use the word transubstantiation, but they insist on two points: first, there are many other words which can with equal legitimacy be used to describe the consecration, and, among them all, the term transubstantiation enjoys no unique or decisive authority; secondly, its use does not commit theologians to the acceptance of Aristotelian philosophical concepts.
Jun 6, 2017 · Celibate. Jun 6, 2017. #1. Besides Papal authority, the main original dividing factor between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics was differing conceptions of the Holy Trinity, reflected by the Filioque (there is a lot more separating us today, but these were the two issues that started the division). The crux of these conceptions has to do ...
Nov 15, 2005 · My priest, who is a cradle Orthodox, has used the word "Sunday obligation" referring to keeping the Lord's day holy. We are not even to sew on Sundays in our parish. If we cannot attend the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, he expects to see us on Saturday. Yes, he is strict, but he wants to see us in heaven with him.
Oct 27, 2004 · A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins. 2. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse: a purgatory of drug abuse.adj. Tending to cleanse or purge From the dictionary, it appears that purgatory is mainly a Roman Catholic term.
Sep 22, 2009 · The Orthodox party was under house arrest for approximately 14 years. The Patriarch of Constantinople actually died of old age before he ever signed the acts of the council. After the council of Florence, local churches began holding their own councils rejecting Florence starting with the Jerusalem church.
