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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The body of modern churches, including among others the Greek and Russian Orthodox, that is derived from the church of the Byzantine Empire, adheres to the Byzantine rite, and acknowledges the honorary primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople.
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- proper noun One of the three major
divisions ofChristianity derived from theByzantine Church; it comprises theGreek Orthodox Church , theRussian Orthodox Church and others
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- noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
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They spend all their time attacking Catholicism, but do they even know about the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is very similar?
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They spend all their time attacking Catholicism, but do they even know about the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is very similar?
Eastern Orthodox Church | Orthodoxy | Russian | Greek Generous Orthodoxy 2010
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The belief that the Virgin Mary was sinless at conception is called the Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that the Virgin Mary was born with Original Sin but that she was cleansed of this sin at the time of the Annunciation.
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The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian Church which professes the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (developed by the Church in 380 AD) as well as accepting the theology of the Seven Ecumenical Councils which met between the years 380 AD and 787 AD.
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"Eastern Orthodox Church" is a phrase that has increasingly fallen into disuse.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I used to be at a Church that was listed in the yellow pages under "Eastern Orthodox Church", and what they found was that nobody looked there.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"Eastern Orthodox Church" is a phrase that has increasingly fallen into disuse.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"Eastern Orthodox Church" is a phrase that has increasingly fallen into disuse.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"Eastern Orthodox Church" is a phrase that has increasingly fallen into disuse.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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I used to be at a Church that was listed in the yellow pages under "Eastern Orthodox Church", and what they found was that nobody looked there.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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