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The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
- Orthodox Church (Disambiguation)
Orthodox Church may refer to: . Eastern Orthodox Church, the...
- True Orthodox
True Orthodox church, True Orthodox Christians, True...
- Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Bartholomew (Greek: Βαρθολομαῖος, Bartholomaĩos; Turkish:...
- Eastern Orthodox Theology
Eastern Orthodox theology is the theology particular to the...
- Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox...
- History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
The history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation,...
- Orthodox Church (Disambiguation)
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
The history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is the formation, events, and transformation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through time. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition , the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is traced back to Jesus Christ and the Apostles .
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- Salvation
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Ecclesiology
The Eastern Orthodox Church considers itself to be the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles. The Eastern Orthodox Church asserts to have been very careful in preserving these traditions. Eastern Orthodox Christians regard the Christian Bible as a collection of inspired texts that sprang out of this tradition, not the other way around; and the choices made in the compilation of the New Testamentas having come from comparison with already firmly...
Consensus of the Fathers
Eastern Orthodoxy interprets truth based on three witnesses: the consensus of the Holy Fathers of the Church; the ongoing teaching of the Holy Spirit guiding the life of the Church through the nous, or mind of the Church (also called the "Universal Consciousness of the Church"). Some of the greatest theologians in the history of the church come from the 4th century, including the Cappadocian Fathers and the Three Hierarchs. However, the Eastern Orthodox do not consider the "Patristic era" to...
Scripture
The Eastern Orthodox also understand that a particular passage may be interpreted on many different levels simultaneously. However, interpretation is not a matter of personal opinion (2 Peter 1:20). For this reason, Eastern Orthodox depend upon the consensus of the Holy Fathersto provide a trustworthy guide to the accurate interpretation of Scripture. Recent essays have been written by various contemporary Eastern Orthodox scholars which attempt to reconcile and react to both the creationist...
The Eastern Orthodox Church holds the belief that following rules strictly without the heart "being in it" does not help a believer with his salvation. Sinis not fundamentally about transgressing a Divine law; rather, it stands for any behavior which "misses the mark," that is, fails to live up to the higher goal of conforming to God's nature, whic...
Disrupted communion with God
Salvation, or "being saved", refers to this process of being saved from death and corruption and the fate of hell. The Orthodox Church believes that its teachings and practices represent the true path to participation in the gifts of God. Yet, it should be understood that the Orthodox do not believe that someone must be Orthodox to participate in salvation. God is merciful to all. The Orthodox believe that there is nothing that a person (Orthodox or non-Orthodox) can do to earn salvation. It...
Deification
The ultimate goal of the Eastern Orthodox Christian is to achieve theosis("deification") or conformity to and intimate union with God.
Noetic renewal as spiritual therapy
A central concept in Eastern Christianity is nous (typically translated "mind" or "understanding"), the apperceptive and relational faculty of attention or awareness which is the center, heart, or spirit of the person. Nous is the eye or soul of the person. It is the nous that is both logical and intuitive understanding.It was humanity's nous that was damaged by Adam's sin and fall and it was this damaged consciousness that each human by birth now receives. It is the nous which has to be heal...
Sources
1. Ware, Bishop Kallistos (Timothy) (1991) [first published 1964], The Orthodox Church (revised original ed.), New York: Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-013529-9 2. Ware, Bishop Kallistos (Timothy) (April 29, 1993), The Orthodox Church (new ed.), New York: Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-014656-1
Vladimir Lossky. The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-913836-31-1) James Clarke & Co Ltd, 1991. (ISBN 0-227-67919-9)Vladimir Lossky. Orthodox Theology: An Introduction. SVS Press, 2001. (ISBN 0-913836-43-5)Vladimir Lossky. In the Image and Likeness of God. SVS Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-913836-13-3)Vladimir Lossky. The Vision of God. SVS Press, 1997. (ISBN 0-913836-19-2)The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church have been in a state of official schism from one another since the East–West Schism of 1054. This schism was caused by historical and language differences, and the ensuing theological differences between the Western and Eastern churches.
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, [1] [2] with approximately 50 million members worldwide. [3] [4] The Oriental Orthodox Churches adhere to the Nicene Christian tradition. Oriental Orthodoxy is one of the oldest branches in Christianity.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Church, is a Christian church. Their type of Christianity is also called Orthodox Christianity or Orthodoxy . Their members are called Orthodox Christians, although there is another group of Churches called Oriental Orthodox that is not in communion with the Orthodox Church.
