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topic_name = The Oriental Churches |

subtopics = [[Branches of the Oriental Orthodox Communion Index]] - [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Coptic Orthodoxy]], [[Eritrean Orthodox Church]] and [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] (Tewahedo Church), [[Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church]] and [[Indian Orthodox Church]], [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]

* [[Oriental Orthodoxy Doctrine]] - [[Monophysitism]], [[Justification by faith plus works]]

* [[Oriental Orthodox Heirarchy]] |

The Oriental Orthodox Communion refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keep the faith of only the first three [[ecumenical councils]] and reject the the [[Council of Chalcedon]]. Thus, despite potentially confusing nomenclature, Oriental Orthodox churches are distinct from the churches that collectively refer to themselves as [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]. The Oriental Orthodox churches came to a parting of the ways with the remainder of Christianity in the 5th century. The separation resulted in part from the Oriental Orthodox churches' refusal to accept the view that [[Nature of Christ|Jesus has two natures]] — one divine and one human. The Oriental Churches include the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] and the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]].

===Branches of Oriental Orthodoxy===

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy Wikipedia - Oriental Orthodoxy]

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[[Category:Oriental Orthodox Communion]]