Orthodoxy

Humanity has long sought safety inside groups with a similar identity. The existence of tribes or clans based on family throughout the history of the world serves a simple benchmark of what an oft-sought community looks like: It looks like me. One of the many segments of history where we see this desire for like-identified communities is in the development and discourse that frames up early structures of “orthodoxy” and “heresy” in the second through fourth centuries. Driven by the idea that comfort and security could be found in like-minded groups, the early Christians clashed over everything from dates to Christology in order to form a cohesive, definitive truth- something that continues to evade Christians and still remains out of reach…

For the Proto-Orthodoxy believers, this was problematic because they believe that the Son (Jesus) always existed like the Father (God) there was no division. The contradiction of beliefs between the Arians and the Orthodoxy provides an understanding of why the Trinity was such a controversial topic within early Christianity. If one cannot explain the status of the Son then how can they explain the foundation of the Trinity? Much of the issue lies in the fact that it is hard to describe three…

Characterized by a large number of multi-national corporations which exist in a free-market system with little to no government regulation; as well as privatization of several social services, the neoliberal orthodoxy does not always serve the goals of sustainable development. Defined as “development that ‘meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’” (Sick, 2012), sustainable development does not always align with the ideals of…

Arius is one of the most pivotal figures in the development of Christian thought. This is quite a statement because Arius is most definitely a heretic. However, this does not mean he was a bad person by any means. Instead, it means that his theology does not line up with what is now considered to be orthodoxy. Still, the reason this orthodoxy was established was due to the Council of Nicaea in 325, which occurred to establish if Arius, and the other members of the Unbegotten Father line of…

At first glance, I believe that is important to define what is orthodoxy. According to George Metallinos, a professor of theology in the University of Athens, “Speaking of Orthodoxy, it is identified with the Godman, Person of the Word of God. He as Godman is our Orthodoxy, our Complete Truth” (Metallinos). In other words, orthodoxy is defined as the attachment, adherence to beliefs, traditions or theories related to the Christian faith defended by most of the members of a community and…

Historical context. Eastern Orthodoxy was formed in the 1st-5th centuries BC. Eastern Orthodoxy developed its identity after the “Great Schism” in which Rome and Constantinople had a falling out and both Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism gained an identity (“Eastern Orthodoxy”). The religion originated in the East from the Roman-Byzantine Empire with the headquarters in Constantinople. Eastern Orthodoxy regards its self as the True Church, being rooted in Christianity. Eastern Orthodoxy…

reliance on personal experience has caused traditional thought to be challenged. An overlying paradigm of diversity (p. 18) has compelled “true” orthodoxy to be challenged, and as a result, heresy is seen as the “new orthodoxy” (p. 16,). In The Heresy of Orthodoxy, Kӧstenberger and Kruger (K2) provide a fair examination of the Bauer thesis which lays its foundation on the major urban centers of the first and early second centuries. The Bauer thesis, as popularized by Ehrman, argues that…

the church that Jesus Christ himself created right? that fact makes the religion one of the first ever to be made , and also makes it original . The Russian Orthodox church has a history of strong political as well as spiritual influence over the inhabitants of the Russian state , that makes the church very powerful. A land filled with huge multi domed church buildings . Associated with the Eastern slaves Orthodoxy . A land blossoming with spiritual heritage . Strongly in touch with the oldest…

G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy is about his beliefs of both the acts of martyrdom and suicide. Chesterton believes martyrdom is the act of someone giving their life to save or protect something else. He says, “A martyr is a man who cares so much for something outside him, that he forgets his own personal life” (p133). Chesterton also sees a martyr as someone who is trying to begin something new instead of ending something. He says, “In other words, the martyr is noble, exactly because he…

to Jews who have no belief in God. The following essay will discuss the origins of Modern Orthodoxy and Reform Judaism, as well as their different philosophies and approaches to the Torah and the Talmud. Both of these movements began during the period of the Western Enlightenment, which provoked a period known as the Jewish Enlightenment, or Haskalah. The Enlightenment lead to Jewish emancipation, and the possibility for Jews to become more integrated with the non-Jewish societies in which…