Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy.
Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.
By extension, said of any generally accepted doctrine or belief; the orthodox practice or belief.
the generally, conventionally accepted principles or beliefs of a religion, or political party; the usual view.
A belief in doctrines which are considered correct or sound.
Those beliefs which reflect the faith of the whole Church since the time of the apostles.
a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
right belief in, and adherence to, the essential doctrines of a faith as officially defined; or, conventional or traditional belief.
teaching that conforms to the official teaching of a religious group; not heterodox or heretical
Literally, "right belief." Christianity, unlike most false religions, is not fundamentally a moral code. It is a doctrinal system that dictates and requires a particular ethical code. The outlines of Christianity were hammered out in the early ecumenical councils of the church in its first five centuries of its existence. There can be no Christianity without this orthodoxy. There are more specific orthodoxies. For example, Reformed orthodoxy includes a broader range of Biblical belief. It includes such doctrines emphasized at the time of the Reformation as the Bible as our final authority and justification by faith alone. Reformed orthodoxy is expressed preeminently in the great Reformed confessions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Chalcedon supports both early ecumenical orthodoxy and Reformed orthodoxy.
From the Greek "straight opinion," the accepted or dominant teaching or position (see also heterodoxy).
The body of essential biblical teachings. Those who embrace them should be accepted as Christians. The opposite of heresy. Adj.: orthodox.
A term used in a number of senses, of which the following are the most important: Orthodoxy in the sense of "right belief", as opposed to heresy; Orthodoxy in the sense of the forms of Christianity which are dominant in Russia and Greece; Orthodoxy in the sense of a movement within Protestantism, especially in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, which laid emphasis upon need for doctrinal definition.
literally "right opinion;" any practice or teaching that falls within the established framework of the conventions, beliefs and doctrines of a given religious tradition. See also Heresy.
Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work Heretics.