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Webster 1913 Edition
Orthodox
Or′tho-dox
,Adj.
1.
Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; – opposed to
heretical
and heterodox
; as, an
. orthodox
Christian2.
According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like;
as, an
orthodox
opinion, book, etc.He saluted me on both cheeks in the
orthodox
manner. H. R. Haweis.
☞ The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the “Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,” regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox.` The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the “liberal”, or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends.
Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Orthodox
OR'THODOX
,Adj.
1.
Sound in the christian faith; believing the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures; opposed to heretical; as an orthodox christian.2.
According with the doctrines of Scripture; as an orthodox creed or faith.