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Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
[edit]- Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-paganism or Hinduism
Christian
[edit]Traditional Christian denominations
[edit]- Eastern Orthodoxy, the world's second largest Christian denomination
- Oriental Orthodoxy, which does not accept the theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon
Modern denominations
[edit]- Lutheran orthodoxy, an era in the history of Lutheranism which began in 1580 from the writing of the Book of Concord
- Neo-orthodoxy, a theological position also known as dialectical theology
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church, a confessional Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the northern United States
- Paleo-orthodoxy, (20th–21st century), a movement in the United States focusing on the consensus among the ecumenical councils and church fathers
- Reformed Orthodoxy (16th–18th century), a systematized, institutionalized and codified Reformed theology
- True Orthodox church, also called Old Calendarists, a movement that separated from the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church in the 1920s over issues of ecumenism and calendar reform
Academic term
[edit]- Proto-orthodox Christianity, a term coined by New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman to describe the Early Christian movement which was the precursor of Christian orthodoxy
Non-Christian
[edit]- Orthodox Judaism, a branch of Judaism
- Haredi Judaism, groups within Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture
- Hasidic Judaism, a sub-group within Haredi Judaism noted for its religious conservatism and, typically, social seclusion
- Modern Orthodox Judaism, is a movement within Orthodox Judaism
- Haredi Judaism, groups within Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture
- Kemetic Orthodoxy, an Egyptian neo-pagan religion that intends to reform and restore ancient Egyptian religion
- Orthodox Bahá'í Faith, a small Baha'i denomination
- Orthodox Hinduism, a term for Sanātanī
- Orthodox Islam, generally refers to Sunni Islam
- Slavic Native Faith or Orthodoxy, a term used by Neo-Slavic pagan religious organizations
Other uses
[edit]- Left-arm orthodox spin, a bowling technique in cricket
- Orthodox (album), a 2013 album by American rock band Beware of Darkness
- Orthodox (band), an American metalcore band from Tennessee.
- Orthodox File Managers, a user interface to work with file systems
- Orthodox (Jordan), a Jordanian basketball club
- Orthodox Marxism, the dominant form of Marxist philosophy between the death of Karl Marx and the beginning of World War I
- Orthodox seed, a seed which may be preserved via drying or freezing
- Orthodox stance, a way of positioning the feet and hands in combat sports