Oriental Orthodox Church


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Oriental Orthodox Church

n.
A group of Christian churches, located primarily in northeast Africa and southwest Asia, whose denial of the doctrine that Jesus had two natures, human and divine, in one person caused them to break with the rest of the Church at the time of the Council of Chalcedon (ad 451).
Oriental Orthodox adj.
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Members of the Oriental Orthodox Church from Ethiopia and Eritrea spent two weeks at St Paul's Church in Eastthorpe.
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Next what became the Oriental Orthodox Church split in AD 451 when certain bishops refused to accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon.
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With exceptional vividness, Zernov used his experiences from teaching in the Oriental Orthodox Church in India, to point out the danger faced by Eastern churches being locked into a national and cultural collectivism:
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A selection of 11 papers from the November 2008 annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, in Boston, explore the function of the Old Testament in the theology, liturgy, and spirituality of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Church traditions.
The Old Testament as authoritative scripture in the early churches of the East
Among the participants in the study process and drafters of "A Treasure in Earthen Vessels" were theologians of the stature of Lutheran George Lindbeck and of such diverse perspectives as those offered from an Evangelical church in Togo, a Postdenominational church in China, and an Oriental Orthodox church in India.
Interpreting Together: Essays in Hermeneutics
As a result, to each Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Church a Catholic equivalent was created.
Christian understandings of proselytism
FOR 15 days followers of the Oriental Orthodox Church from Ethiopia and Eritrea have gathered to observe the fast of the Assumption of the St Virgin Mary at Huddersfield Parish Church.
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A formal letter of invitation was sent out by the General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to the Head of each Oriental Orthodox Church in November 1991.
The Oriental Orthodox Family of Churches in ecumenical dialogue
The highlight of the evening was Zidan discussing the origins of the heretic wave the Chruch faced starting with Aruis in the fourth century going through Nestorius almost a century later, leading into the split of the Oriental Orthodox Church after the council of Chalcedon.
Youssef Zidan discusses controversial "Azazel" at Diwan
In the USA, for example, many Orthodox churches would not (re-)baptize a person coming from an Oriental Orthodox church, the Roman Catholic Church or from an historic Protestant church.
Baptism -- the Basis of Church Unity?: The Question of Baptism in Faith and Order

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