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- Dictionaryorthodox/ˈɔːθədɒks/
adjective
- 1. following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice: "Burke's views were orthodox in his time" Similar
- 2. of the ordinary or usual type; normal: "they avoided orthodox jazz venues"
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Dec 20, 2010 · Define 'orthodox' Christian as to contrast with 'un-orthodox' Christian.
Sep 28, 2017 · The word "pan" simply means "all". It comes from the Greek and similar to the Latin word "omni". Orthodox term's that have the pan prefix: Panagia= All-holy 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.
Mar 1, 2011 · 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...
Mar 19, 2014 · You define and categorize sins and a host of things. You split confession into "eternal" effects forgiven vs. "temporal" effects forgiven and "satisfaction" needing to be had in purgatory or offering up suffering, etc. I don't see that. The Orthodox Church has leader(s), emphasis on the S! My leader is Patriarch Irenej (pronounced "ear-run-nay".
Nov 11, 2012 · The Orthodox also praise the saints and Mary, the Theotokos/Bogoroditsa/Mother of God, for a considerable amount of the services and prayers, where in the Anglican tradition, focus is put on Christ for the most part. The Orthodox Church also seems to despise everything western. I got this attitude from many people.
Aug 16, 2004 · But while Orthodoxy has always insisted on the reality of the change, it has never attempted to explain the manner of the change: the Eucharistic Prayer in the Liturgy simply uses the neutral term metaballo, to ‘turn about,’ ‘change,’ or ‘alter.’ It is true that in the seventeenth century not only individual Orthodox writers, but Orthodox Councils such as that of Jerusalem in 1672, made use of the Latin term ‘transubstantiation’ (in Greek ...
Jun 6, 2017 · These, rather than "qualities common to a class", are "existential properties"--that is, characteristics unique to a person; the Son is begotten, but the Father is not; so that is an existential property, not an essential quality; essential qualities are those that define all three persons of the Trinity as God, and not all three persons are begotten, only one.
Nov 15, 2005 · I know some Orthodox Christians who don't attend Church because they have the same idea that they have no obligation to attend the Orthodox Church on Sundays, to the dismay of their Priest. They feel that it is more important to attend to their Greek Restaurant. As a result, they are losing their faith snd so are their children.
Dec 15, 2018 · The Council's Proclamation "We define that the holy icons, whether in color, mosaic, or some other material, should be exhibited in the holy churches of God, on the sacred vessels and liturgical vestments, on the walls, furnishings, and in houses and along the roads, namely the icons of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, that of our Lady the Theotokos, those of the venerable angels and those of all saintly people. Whenever these representations are contemplated, they will cause those who ...
Oct 27, 2004 · Eastern Orthodox and other "Independent Catholics" as well as Anglicans usually don't have any defined theology on such a pace. We know that it exists and that souls that go there, if they are of the Elect, are purified there, but we make no details of it.
