Orthodoxy

This lead eventually led Galileo to pursue an education in the sciences by studying at the University of Pisa in the 1580’s. Here he was taught the Aristotelian orthodoxy, teachings from the thoughts of the great philosopher Aristotle. Yet again Galileo did not see eye to eye with the lessons and thought presented to him. The orthodoxy stressed the Earth as the center of the universe, the objects in the heavens were perfect, shiny, smooth and in constant…

gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths” said Karl Barth. He didn’t just say this, but he spent his life placing question marks all over in the name of the Lord against all manners of “truth” (“Neo-Orthodoxy: Karl Barth) He really set the tone for the neo-orthodox religion, putting place that the importance isn’t as much on Jesus Christ as it is on the brotherhood of mankind and he believed strongly in the power of prophecy. (Lane 2006, pg.…

The American Presidency is by far one of the most intricate presidential models of the world. In the United States, Presidents have restrictions but also freedom, however not enough freedom to be a dictator, or too many restrictions in which they can’t expand their powers. If the people of America and the Presidency got into a relationship on Facebook the post would state: It’s complicated. Somehow someone has figured it all out, Stephen Skowronek. In his book, The Politics Presidents Make:…

religion was mainly inspired by custom or tradition. Every country is full of diversity and every individual share different beliefs. Because of those beliefs, several main religions were formed in Egypt and they are: Christianity, Muslims, Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Coptic Catholicism, Judaism, Protestantism, Buddhism and the others were non-religious minorities. The majority of Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, which was the dominant religion in Egypt before Islam.…

sets a great example of not giving up ones beliefs in order to escape punishment. Athanasius is counted as one of the four great Eastern Doctors of the Church of the Roman Catholic Church. Athanasius is considered to be the “Father of Orthodoxy” in Eastern Orthodoxy. Athanasius is celebrated on May 2, feast day, in Western Christianity, May 15 in the Coptic Orthodox Church, and January 18 in other Eastern Orthodox Churches. Athanasius is a brave man that fought for his beliefs. His conflicting…

Christian religions, they had two different branches of Christianity—Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy were very different—Catholicism had a religious hierarchy, while Orthodoxy did not believe in a hierarchy. Catholicism also believed in purgatory, which is sort of like a "waiting room" until judgement day, while Orthodoxy did not believe in purgatory at all—they believed that all souls went directly to hell after death until their judgement day.…

Unifying doctrines are an authoritative response to the chaotic storms of controversy created by heterodoxy. A Heterodoxy, (literally meaning ‘different’ doctrine) is a doctrine that deviates from the norm. Heterodoxy operates in dichotomy to Orthodoxy, which are the generally accepted ideals of a society (normative values). It also describes doctrines of competing truths, thesis’ and anti-thesis’. Society in its base form is a group of individuals that interact but have different values and…

Phule one of the “Mahatmas’ (Great Soul) of India, occupies a unique position among social reformers of Maharashtra in the nineteenth century. He was first teacher of oppressed, critic of orthodoxy in the social system after Buddha and a revolutionary. Dhananjay Keer, his biographer, rightly noted him as ‘the father of Indian social revolution.’ Women were always at the centre of Phule’s thought and action. His philosophical thinking on social…

Edward Schillebeeckx stated that “But the church has for centuries devoted its attention to formulating truths and meanwhile nothing to better the world, In other words, the church focused on orthodoxy and left orthopraxis in the hands of the nonmembers and nonbelievers.” This Statement is of such great importance to the author Gustavo Gutiérrez. I can only begin to describe why. Theology much like any other philosophy is simply a way of critical thinking of certain criteria, especially the…

was eventually embraced as Eastern Orthodox Christianity which was opposed to Roman Catholicism. The church and the state were closely associated and religion was very much in congruent with state ideologies. After the foundation of the Eastern Orthodoxy, the church was under the jurisdiction of Constantinople, however the Russian Church held substantial autonomy. Meaning that the church was able to elect its own leaders, those of which served separately from Constantinople. With such acts,…