About 10 results for ‘Orthodoxy’
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Orthodoxy
The word orthodox is from Greek ὀρθός ("right", "correct", "true", "straight") + δοξία (from "δόξα", meaning "glory"). In English, this term is often mistranslated to mean "right opinion", as "doxia" is mistaken to come from "dokein" (meaning "to think"). 'Orthodox', in the English sense, is generally used to mean the adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially in religion.[2 2] It usually refers to "conventions". However, "orthodox", in its original sense, refers to those who keep the faith of the original church: the Orthodox Church. "Orthodox" then refers to the people of the first church, who "give correct (straight) glory to God. " But though retaining the original faith, Orthodox worldly life differs in some aspects from the original customs of the Bible. Orthodox Churches in Slavic-language countries use a word derived from Old Church Slavonic, Правосла́виѥ (pravosláviye) to mean orthodoxy. The word derives from the Slavonic roots "право" (právo, true, right) and "славить" (slávit, to praise, to glorify), in effect meaning "the right way to praise God". The term did not exist in the English sense in which it is now used prior to the advent of the state church of the Roman Empire. Orthodoxy is opposed to heterodoxy ("other teaching"), heresy and schism. People who deviate from orthodoxy by professing a doctrine considered to be false are most often called heretics or radicals, while those who deviate from orthodoxy by removing themselves from the perceived body of believers are called schismatics. The distinction in terminology pertains to the subject matter; if one is addressing corporate unity, the emphasis may be on schism; if one is addressing doctrinal coherence, the emphasis may be on heresy. Apostasy, for example, is a violation of orthodoxy that takes the form of abandonment of the faith, a concept largely unknown before the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of Rome on February 27, 380 by Theodosius I. A lighter deviation from orthodoxy than heresy is commonly called error, in the sense of not being grave enough to cause total estrangement, while yet seriously affecting communion. Sometimes error is also used to cover both full heresies and minor errors. The concept of orthodoxy is the most prevalent in many forms of organized monotheism, but orthodox belief is not usually overly emphasized in polytheistic or animist religions. Often there is little to no concept of dogma, and varied interpretation of doctrine and theology is tolerated and sometimes even encouraged within certain contexts. Syncretism, for example, plays a much wider role in non-monotheistic (and particularly, non-scriptural) religion. The prevailing governing idea within polytheism is most often orthopraxy ("right practice") rather than "right belief".
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LES RUSSES INVINCIBLES. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Battle of Alma
- Bayonet
- Blessing
- Buttocks
- Crimean War
- Foot
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ENTREE DES FRANÇAIS DANS LA VILLE DE MOSCOU (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Cavalry
- Conflagration
- Drum
- First French Empire
- France
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Vierge en Majesté (titre factice, russe, cyrillique)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Cloud
- Crown (headgear)
- Madonna (art)
- Man
- Orthodoxy
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Porte royale
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Bull
- Luke the Evangelist
- Mark the Evangelist
- Orthodoxy
- Writing
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Mise au tombeau
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alphabet
- Angel
- Christian cross
- Entombment of Christ
- John the Apostle
- Mary Magdalene
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- Date:
- 19th century
