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	Oriental Orthodox - OrthodoxWiki
		The Oriental Orthodox churches rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon.
		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 Christ has two natures — one divine and one human, although these were inseparable and only act as one hypostasis.
		The Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian Church) is sometimes considered an Oriental Orthodox Church, although it is not in communion with Oriental Orthodox churches and they have a Nestorian or Nestorian-like Christology that differs from the declaration of the Council of Chalcedon in an opposite way from the Monophysites.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Oriental_Orthodox (516 words)

	USCCB - (SEIA) Guidelines Concerning The Pastoral Care of Oriental Orthodox Students in Catholic Schools
		The Oriental Orthodox Churches today are the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India.
		Thus every effort should be made to respect and even promote the participation of Oriental Orthodox students in the life of their own churches, and to avoid practices that could appear to constitute an invitation for an Oriental Orthodox student to join the Catholic Church.
		If no Oriental Orthodox pastor is located in the area, it is best to contact the nearest bishop of the church to which the student belongs.
	www.usccb.org /seia/oriental.shtml (980 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Catholic sacraments
		Eucharist (Communion), is the unbloody sacrifice of Christ, marked by partaking in the Body and Blood of Christ, which replace bread and wine.
		Catholics hold that only a priest properly ordained by a bishop who is in a succession of bishops dating back to the Apostles can perform the miraculous transubstantiation necessary for the validity of the Eucharist, and only such a priest can absolve sins of penitents.
		Such a priest need not be a Catholic in order that those sacraments be valid; priests of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox communions also have the requisite mystical powers according to Catholics, and Protestant ministers do not.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ca/Catholic_sacraments (713 words)

	Dialogue with the Oriental Orthodox
		During and after the council of Chalcedon in 451, the Oriental Orthodox churches formed a family of churches since they did not accept the condemnation at this council of their St Dioscorus, the successor of St Cyril of Alexandria, and due to differences in expressing the mystery of incarnation of the Son of God.
		Regarding the church, the Oriental Orthodox affirm that the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone.
		The Oriental Orthodox churches understand priesthood to be one of the seven sacraments of the church.
	www.warc.ch /dt/erl1/21.html (7179 words)

	Oriental Orthodoxy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oriental Orthodox Churches reject the Monophysite teachings of Eutyches, the teachings of Nestorius and the Dyophysite definitions of the Council of Chalcedon.
		The British Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom.
		Being largely centered in what was then the Persian Empire, it separated itself administratively from the Church of the Roman Empire around AD 400, and then broke communion with the latter in reaction to the Council of Ephesus held in 431.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy (787 words)

	Heaven - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The teachings of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox communions regarding the Kingdom of Heaven, or Kingdom of God, is basically taken from scripture, and thus many elements of this belief are held in common with other scriptural faiths and denominations.
		In the Orthodox Church, Heaven is understood as union and communion with the Triune God.
		Thus, Heaven is experienced by the Orthodox both as a reality inaugurated, anticipated and present here and now in the divine-human organism of the Christ's Body, the Church, and also as something future.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Heaven (3647 words)

	Oriental Orthodox--Beliefnet.com
		Oriental Orthodoxy is yet another branch -- and it has been either persecuted or neglected by the rest of Christendom for the past 1500 years.
		The main difference between Oriental Orthodoxy and the rest of established Christianity is that the Oriental Orthodox are miaphysite (one composite nature of Christ both wholly human and divine); and the rest of Christianity is Melkite (two natures of Christ both of which are wholly human and divine united in one person.
		The Oriental Orthodox are not, as commonly accused, monophysite.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=67886&discussionID=108645 (520 words)

	Catalogue - Oriental Orthodox Library
		This collection of selected letters of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, between 512 and 518, and perhaps the greatest theologian of the Oriental Orthodox communion, are presented here to promote the mutual understanding of all Orthodox Christians and to further the efforts towards reconciliation between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
		This work by the late Father V.C. Samuel of the Indian Orthodox Church is the fruit of an entire life devoted to the study of the Orthodox faith.
		It is an entirely eirenic study of these deeply controversial times and deserves to be read by every Orthodox Christian concerned to see the reconciliation of the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox communions.
	www.orthodox-library.org /catalogue.htm (288 words)

	Oriental Orthodox-Reformed dialogue
		Five "Oriental Orthodox" churches today trace their descent from the "losing side" in the Chalcedonian dispute: the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in India and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church.
		Representatives of the Oriental Orthodox churches and the Alliance met for a sixth round of dialogue from January 11 to 15 2000 at the Carberry Tower conference centre near Edinburgh.
		The Oriental Orthodox hold that there are seven sacraments (although there are those who say that, theologically, no number can be set to the sacraments, which are infinite), while the Reformed hold that only the two dominical sacraments - baptism and the eucharist - are the sacraments of the church.
	www.warc.ch /update/up101/01.html (693 words)

	HTC: Orthodox Statements on Homosexuality
		Thus, the Orthodox Church cannot subscribe to the demand that homosexuals be recognized by society and its agencies as legal spouses and as deserving the same respect as men and women enjoy in the state of wedlock.
		Were the Orthodox Church to remain in the NCCC with the UFMCC, She would also interpret such a move as not being an "ever more full manifestation of unity," but rather, a further dilution of the meaning of the work and its possible fulfillment.
		For the Eastern Orthodox the goal of ecumenism is for all Christian churches to be orthodox and catholic, and so to be factually and actually one in faith and worship, in doctrine and church order, in proclamation and action.
	www.holy-trinity.org /morality/homosexuality.html (4343 words)

	The Boundaries of the Church: An Orthodox Debate
		For Orthodox, the eucharist is the expression of the very nature of the Church in its fullness, and what is required for the eucharist is union in love and faith.
		Finally, contemporary Orthodox theologians seem to agree that, while the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church is the Orthodox Church, this does not mean that other Christian churches and communions are void of ecclesiological significance to the extent that in their lives church structures and aspects of the catholic faith have been preserved.
		The Orthodox Church's canonical boundaries safeguards the truth of divine revelation as proclaimed and interpreted by the apostles and the Fathers of the Church.
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article8541.asp (4882 words)

	Heaven Encyclopedia Article @ Bragging.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From the 16th to the late 19th century, Christendom was divided between the Roman Catholic view, the Orthodox view, the Coptic view, the Jacobite view, the Abyssinian view and Protestant views.
		In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Heaven is understood as union and communion with the Triune God.
		Thus, Heaven is experienced by the Orthodox both as a reality inaugurated, anticipated and present here and now in the divine-human organism of the Christ's Body, the Church, and also as something to be perfected in the future.
	www.bragging.org /encyclopedia/Heaven (4992 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions About the Oriental Orthodox Faith
		The Oriental Orthodox Christians historically refer to the Orthodox Christians who did not accept the council of Chalcedon (4th Ecumenical council of the Byzantine Orthodox and Roman Catholics).
		Today the Oriental Orthodox faith is distinguished by their rites: The Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch & Malankara Syrian Orthodox (the Syriac Orthodox Church in India), the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Ethiopian Tawehedo Orthodox Church, and the Eritrean Orthodox Church.
		In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the primary language used is Geez, with portions in Amharic and Coptic.
	www.geocities.com /mfignatius/oo.html?200531 (2173 words)

	British Orthodox Church
		In the present efforts being made towards reconciling the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches there are perhaps few obstacles greater than the opposing positions taken by these two communions with respect to the Tome of Leo and the Council of Chalcedon.
		The Oriental Orthodox agree that the Orthodox are justified in their use of the two-natures formula, since they acknowledge that the distinction is "in thought alone" (th uevria monh).
		It must therefore be the case that it is possible to be Orthodox while also accepting the Tome and the Council, just as it is the case that the Oriental Orthodox communion is entirely Orthodox while rejecting the Tome and the Council.
	www.britishorthodox.org /111e.php (3545 words)

	Ecumenism in the Orthodox church
		The history of the relationship between Eastern Orthodoxy and the Oriental Orthodox churches is a case in point.
		Likewise, the Eastern Orthodox have been leaders in the Interfaith movement, and some Orthodox patriarchs enlisted their communions as charter members of the World Council of Churches.
		They issued separate Orthodox statements on important occasions … I believe that this is the time that we bring the Orthodox churches out of that psychological, political or theological situation, and make them an integral part of the one fellowship of the World Council of Churches.
	aggreen.net /ecumenism/ecumenism.html (1111 words)

	Oriental Orthodox Church
		The "Eastern Church" is a general term for the various ancient Christian communions of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, of which three groups remain today.
		The largest body, the Orthodox church, is in communion with the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople (Ýstanbul, Turkey).
		It is separated from both Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy but is in communion with the other Non-Chalcedonian, or Oriental Orthodox, churches - the Armenian, the Coptic, and the Ethiopian.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txh/orientor.htm (424 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.
		A new publishing venture, supporting the dialogue between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox communions, by producing English langage editions of important Oriental Orthodox theological works.
	www.orthodoxunity.org (270 words)

	Anglican Journal: Joint statement breaches divide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		History was made recently when the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion presented a joint statement about the divinity of Christ.
		Barnett-Cowan added, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches had agreed that what they fought about centuries ago was based on a misunderstanding.
		Formal dialogue between the Anglicans and the Eastern Orthodox churches stemmed from recommendations of the Lambeth Conferences of 1988 and 1998 and the decisions of the Oriental Orthodox Churches that the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue be upgraded from a forum (1985-1993) to a commission.
	www.anglicanjournal.com /129/01/world06.html (586 words)

	Ethiopian Liturgy experience. - Catholic Answers Forums
		Orthodox Christians have usually to do a preparation for communion that is way stricter than that of the majority of Western Christians.
		The Oriental Orthodox, including the Ethiopian Orthodox, are definately not Monophysite, and its doubtful that they ever were given their own writings after the split, and their condemnations of Monophysite theologians.
		The Orthodox could be extremely demanding when pointing at the ideal of sanctity, being yet at the same time extremely condescending with the faithful who, for various reasons of human weakness, do not manage to live up to that ideal.
	forums.catholic.com /showthread.php?t=85200 (4057 words)

	Report on Orthodox Consultation at NCCCUSA General Assembly
		The consultation was held October 5-6 and brought 32 participants from the nine Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member communions to discuss Orthodox concerns and to deliberately investigate solutions for them.
		The Orthodox member churches should be given the opportunity to participate actively in setting the agenda of the General Assembly and other important NCC events.
		Meetings between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches should be encouraged and, if need be, facilitated to help foster Orthodox unity as an important stage towards Christian unity.
	ncccusa.org /98ga/orth.html (802 words)

	Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation - June 9-10, 2003
		Generally, according to a news release on the meeting released June 26 by the communications office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in the first millennium all the participating churches experienced deacons as vital ministers working closely with bishops, with special emphasis on social and administrative duties.
		The United States Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation was established in 1978, and is sponsored jointly by the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the USCCB and the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America.
		In 1995 it published Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Interchurch Marriages and Other Pastoral Relationships, which includes pastoral guidelines for marriages involving the faithful of the two communions as well as ample documentation about the development of our ecumenical relationship in recent decades.
	sor.cua.edu /Ecumenism/20030626OORCConsultation.html (1998 words)

	St. George--Other Traditionally Orthodox Cultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the mid-twentieth century, both the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox communions engaged in dialogue aimed at resolving the schism between the two bodies.
		Almost all of the Oriental Orthodox denominations are represented in North America.
		Not to be confused with the Antiochian Orthodox Church, this communion is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (which also includes the Coptic Church, the Armenian Church, and the Ethiopian Church).
	stgeorge.ia.goarch.org /Links/othertradlinks.htm (561 words)

	Middle Eastern Oriental Orthodox Common Declaration - March 11, 1998
		An important meeting of heads of Oriental Orthodox Churches was recently held in Egypt.
		Pope Shenouda III acted as host to His Holinesss Mar Ignatius Zakka I, Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East and His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia for the Armenian Apostolic Church.
		It was on the basis of these teachings that the Committee of the Joint Official Dialogue between the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches was able to formulate a joint agreement which is now under study by the Holy Synods of both families.
	sor.cua.edu /Ecumenism/19980311oomtg1.html (1538 words)

	Orthodox Churches Inside the Capital Beltway
		This guide includes churches of both the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox communions.
		Please keep in mind that even if you are visiting a church within your own communion, there can be great variation in local customs concerning adequate preparation for reception of the Eucharist.
		Most, but not all, Eastern Orthodox churches use the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which is also known as the Byzantine Rite.
	faculty.cua.edu /hilla/orthodox (294 words)

	Meeting of Oriental Orthodox Heads - Dec 28, 2002
		His Holiness Aram I addressed the guests and indicated that the meeting of the three Spiritual Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches is the manifestation of Christian unity, inter-religious and ecumenical cooperation and expression of a living faith.
		For the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the unity of faith is the basis of eucharistic inter-communion and the manifestation of the visible unity of the church.
		The Coptic Orthodox, the Syrian Orthodox and the Armenian Orthodox Churches have played a significant role in all major initiatives, processes and actions in our region leading it to greater justice, peace and prosperity.
	sor.cua.edu /Ecumenism/20031018oomtg6.html (1032 words)

	Heaven - Religion-wiki - A Wikia wiki
		From the 16th to the late 19th century, Christendom was divided between the Roman Catholic view, the Eastern Orthodox view, and Protestant views.
		Thus, Heaven is experienced by the Eastern Orthodox Church both as a reality inaugurated, anticipated and present here and now in the divine-human organism of the Christ's Body, the Church, and also as something future.
		The teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox communions regarding the Kingdom of Heaven, or Kingdom of God, is basically taken from scripture, and thus many elements of this belief are held in common with other scriptural faiths and denominations.
	religion.wikia.com /wiki/Heaven (4377 words)

	Spero News: Orthodox and Catholics discuss evangelization
		Athanasius Farag spoke on the theology of evangelization in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
		The Coptic Orthodox Church senses a strong spiritual hunger among many Americans and seeks to meet this need through proclamation and personal witness.
		The members of the Consultation were particularly pleased to welcome Archbishop Mor Titus Yeldho Pathickal, of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America, who attended for the first time since his recent installation as metropolitan.
	www.speroforum.com /site/print.asp?idarticle=667 (549 words)

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