'', the Balkans , Russia , etc.). This usage is generally considered improper although it is not uncommon.
Any Christian faith that adheres to the teachings of one or more of the Ecumenical Councils of the Church of the Roman Empire , especially contrasted to Arianism and doctrines outlawed as Heresies in the late Roman Empire. In this context, Orthodox Christianity can refer to both modern Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Depending on one's perspective many Protestant Churches and the Oriental Orthodox Churches may also be included.
Any particular Christian faith believed by its followers to be correct by comparison to other faiths. In this sense every Church considers its own faith ''orthodox'', but the term has seen some increased usage in this sense among members of the Christian Right , who use it to group conservative Catholics, mainline Protestants, and Evangelicals together in opposition to religious Liberals , New Religion ists, Unitarians , Quakers , Mormons , Jehovah's Witnesses , etc.
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Old Believers , a movement containing a large number of Eastern Orthodox denominations, which broke from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century:
Orthodoxy , the correct theological or doctrinal observance of religion
Western Orthodoxy , which is a term usually used to describe parishes that are (Eastern) Orthodox in doctrine and use rites dating from, or developed from rites dating from, the pre-11th century church as it existed in the west, and of which the Orthodox consider themselves to be the continuation. The term is also used by some church bodies associated with the Old Catholic Church , Continuing Anglican Movement , and Liberal Catholic Church .
