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	Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology is "Christocentric", viewing Christ Jesus as the head of the Church, and the Church as his body; with authority derived directly from this relationship.
		In the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite, this was achieved through the use of Ecclesiastical Latin; in the Orthodox churches the altar area was surrounded by pillars with curtains in between.
		Alexandria, for example, traces its papacy back to Mark the Evangelist, who founded the church in Alexandria in AD (In Alexandria, two primates call themselves "Pope" and claim to be the successor of the apostle Mark: the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, also called the "Pope of Africa", and the Coptic Pope.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Orthodox (10673 words)

	Orthodox Eastern Church. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Orthodox acceptance of the seven councils resulted in the exclusion from their communion, on grounds of heresy, of the Nestorian, Jacobite, Coptic, and Armenian churches; it also involves holding a sacramental doctrine of grace ex opere operato (see grace) and of veneration of the Virgin Mary, two points differentiating the Orthodox from Protestants.
		The number of Orthodox churches recognizing one another as such is indefinite because of the fluid state of the relations of Orthodox bishops in countries to which communicants have emigrated.
		The Orthodox churches of Finland and of Poland, founded after World War I, lost most of their members when the eastern sections of the countries were repossessed by the Soviet Union in World War II.
	www.bartleby.com /65/or/Orthodox.html (1768 words)

	The Eastern Orthodox Church
		In the churches' doctrinal statements and texts, the Orthodox church strongly believes that it is the original Christian faith, which was common to the East and West during the first 10 years of Christian history.
		The Orthodox theologians, on the other hand, based their arguments on the specifically Christian doctrine of the incarnation: God is indeed invisible and indescribable in his essence, but when the Son of God became man, he voluntarily assumed all the characteristics of created nature.
		The Eastern Christians respected that tradition and attributed to the Roman bishop a measure of moral and doctrinal authority.
	user.intop.net /~jhollis/eorthodox.htm (1774 words)

	Orthodox Church of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its head bishop is the Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, who, like the Coptic Pope and the Roman Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, claims to have succeeded the Apostle Mark the Evangelist in the office of Bishop of Alexandria, who founded the Church in the 1st century.
		Because this church uses the Greek language liturgy, it is one of several churches that are sometimes referred to as the Greek Orthodox Church.
		The current primate of the Church of Alexandria is His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria (291 words)

	Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic, Greek Orthodox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Orthodox church recognizes as authoritative the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils that met between 325 and 787 and defined the basic doctrines on the Trinity and the Incarnation.
		The Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity, which stands in historical continuity with the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean, and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe.
		The Orthodox Tradition is the theological tradition, generally associated with the national churches of the eastern Mediterranean and eastern Europe and principally with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose distinguishing characteristic consists in preservation of the integrity of the doctrines taught by the fathers of the seven ecumenical councils of the fourth through eighth centuries.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txc/orthodox.htm (6012 words)

	* Greek Orthodox Church * (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Greek Orthodox Church in Alexandria (Egypt) is a remnant of the Egyptian Church which remained loyal to the Orthodox communion after the Monophysite and Monothelitism controversies.
		This Church, representing the main body of Egyptian Christians, was gradually estranged from the main Orthodox movement due to technicalities resulting from the Monophysite movement, which was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
		The church is led by an archbishop and is not under the authority of another patriarch.
	www.geocities.com /orvillejenkins/religions/orthodoxobj.html (1534 words)

	History of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Coptic Orthodox Chruch of Egypt announced that the enthronement of a Patriarch while another Patriarch lived, without abdication on his part, or action by the Holy Synod of the Church to remove him was in violation of canon law, and refused to recognize Abune Tekle Haimanot as Patriarch of Ethiopia.
		The Church in exile is being buffeted by accusations from certain quarters that it has split the church, and that the exiled bishops would have done better to remain in Ethiopia, and in the legitimate Synod fighting for their cause.
		Orthodox Epiphany does not celebrate the visit of the three wise men as is the tradition in the western church, but instead celebrates the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan by St. John the Baptist.
	www.angelfire.com /ny3/ethiochurch (3744 words)

	Orthodox Church : Orthodox Catholic Church : Eastern Orthodoxy - News about religious cults and sects
		The word orthodox (''right believing'') has traditionally been used, in the Greek-speaking Christian world, to designate communities, or individuals, who preserved the true faith (as defined by those councils), as opposed to those who were declared heretical.
		The official designation of the church in Eastern Orthodox liturgical or canonical texts is ''the Orthodox Catholic Church.'' Because of the historical links of Eastern Orthodoxy with the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium (Constantinople), however, in English usage it is referred to as the ''Eastern'' or ''Greek Orthodox'' Church.
		Orthodox Christianity: Generically the term orthodox refers to traditional, conservative forms of Christianity, upholding the traditional Christian beliefs about God as a Trinity and about Jesus Christ as taught in the church's early creeds.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /o06.html (1573 words)

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		The Orthodox, however, argue that this revelation is conveyed to the world not only through Scripture but also through Apostolic Tradition; that is, Christ entrusted the divine revelation to the apostles, and they entrusted it to the church, which became the custodian and the interpreter of revelation.
		Orthodox scholar Timothy Ware (who at his ordination as an Orthodox priest in 1966 received the name Kallistos Ware), for instance, argues that the church must decide this issue because Scripture is not an authority set up over the church, but lives and is understood within the church.
		The contemporary church is the final authority in interpreting the Scriptures, the later councils, and the Fathers, while the definitions of the Ecumenical Councils are taken as irrevocable.
	www.equip.org /free/DE177.htm (6037 words)

	HTC: Introduction to the Orthodox Church
		The Orthodox church is a fellowship of administratively independent, or autocephalous (self-governing) local churches, united in faith, sacraments, and canonical discipline, each enjoying the right to elect its own head and its bishops.
		The churches of Russia (50-90 million) and Romania (21 million) are by far the largest, whereas some of the ancient patriarchates of the Middle East, including Constantinople, are reduced to a few thousand members.
		The Orthodox church accepts the early traditions of Christianity, including the same sacraments as the Roman Catholic church--although in the Orthodox church infants receive the Eucharist and confirmation--and the episcopate and the priesthood, understood in the light of APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION.
	www.holy-trinity.org /about/intro.html (1025 words)

	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Having almost the same faith as the Eastern Orthodox Churches, including the Russian, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian and the Orthodox Church of America, the Coptic Church is involved in an ecumenical dialogue that aims in the restoration of the intercommunion relations between both families of Orthodox Churches.
		Saint Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, was the head of the Ecumenical Council which was held in Ephesus in the year 430 A.D. It was said that the bishops of the Church of Alexandria did nothing but spend all their time in meetings.
		This long-held position of the Church concerning the separation between State and Religion stems from the words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself, when he asked his followers to submit to their rulers: ``Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.'' [Mathew 22:21].
	www.andrewfanous.com /CopticChurch.htm (3595 words)

	Official creed of the Orthodox church
		Throughout her history, the Orthodox Church has exercised discipline with compassion when it is needed, always to help bring a needed change of heart and to aid God's people to live pure and holy lives, never as a punishment.
		Orthodox preaching does not attempt to predict God's prophetic schedule, but to encourage Christian people to have their lives in order so that they might be confident before Him when He comes (I John 2:28).
		To be an Orthodox Christian, walking orderly in the Church, to have the necessary branches of knowledge and moral character, to be in good physical condition, and to have an inclination and a call to His Holy work; the ordaining Bishop must be canonical and have the license to ordain.
	www.bible.ca /cr-Orthodox.htm (17788 words)

	The Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In an attempt to oversimplify the issue we may say that The Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church is composed of the churches in communion with the Patriarchates of Antioch, Greece, Russia, Jerusalem and Constantinople.
		The "Orthodox Church" does not deny the Primacy of the Successor of Peter, the Patriarch of Rome.
		However, reciprocity from the Orthodox Church is not possible in accordance to the Canons of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church.
	www.mgr.org /orthocorner.html (1051 words)

	Orthodox Unity - Supporting the Joint Commission
		Orthodox Unity is an organisation of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christians which seeks to make available positive information about the dialogue between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
		The first unofficial meeting between clergy and theologians of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches took place in Aarhus, Denmark in 1964.
		We hope you find it a useful resource and a means of encouraging your support for the re-union of all Orthodox christians in love and truth.
	www.orthodoxunity.org (281 words)

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