Orthodoxy vs Heresy - What's the difference?
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Correctness in doctrine and belief.
Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).
(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.
* 1968 , History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
As nouns the difference between orthodoxy and heresy
is that orthodoxy is correctness in doctrine and belief while heresy is a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.As a proper noun Orthodoxy
is the Eastern Orthodox Church, including Greek Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and Serbian Orthodox Church.orthodoxy
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(orthodoxies)Antonyms
* heterodoxyheresy
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(wikipedia heresy)Alternative forms
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(heresies)- Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents.