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Orthodoxy vs Heresy - What's the difference?

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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

English

Noun

(orthodoxies)
  • Correctness in doctrine and belief.
  • Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions).
  • Antonyms

    * heterodoxy

    heresy

    English

    (wikipedia heresy)

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (heresies)
  • (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
  • 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.
  • A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
  • See also

    * schism * Arianism * monophysism * Nestorianism * Pelagianism

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