Difference between revisions of "Eastern Oriental churches"
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* [[Armenian Church]] | * [[Armenian Church]] | ||
| − | * [[Syrian Church]] | + | * [[Syrian Church]] (and [[Saint Thomas Christians]]) |
* [[Coptic Church]] | * [[Coptic Church]] | ||
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* [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] | * [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] | ||
* [[Saint Thomas Christians]] | * [[Saint Thomas Christians]] | ||
| − | * [[Church of the East]] | + | * [[Nasrani Church of the East]] |
Revision as of 07:59, 4 November 2005
In brief: The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keep the faith of only the first three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus — and rejected the dogmatic definitions of 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 Christological dogmas promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon, which held that Jesus has two natures — one divine and one human.
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