Oriental Orthodoxy

E7466

Christian denomination family branch of Eastern Christianity communion of churches

Oriental Orthodoxy is a family of ancient Eastern Christian churches that reject the Council of Chalcedon and preserve distinct liturgical and theological traditions, especially in regions such as Egypt, Armenia, Ethiopia, and Syria.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
Oriental Orthodox Churches	492
Oriental Orthodoxy canonical	52
Oriental Orthodox	25
Oriental Orthodox Christianity	24
Oriental Orthodox Christians	10
Coptic Christianity	9
Oriental Orthodox churches	9
Oriental Orthodox communion	9
Oriental Orthodox Church	6
Oriental Orthodox theology	2
Armenian Apostolic churches	1
Eastern Church	1
Ethiopian Christianity	1
Miaphysite Christianity	1
Monophysite Christology	1
Non-Chalcedonian Christianity	1
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church (in Oriental Orthodox sense)	1
Oriental Orthodox Christology	1
Oriental Orthodox Church (partially, historically contested)	1
Oriental Orthodox Churches (partially and historically)	1
Oriental Orthodox Churches (partially)	1
Oriental Orthodox Churches (partially, historically disputed)	1
Oriental Orthodox Churches (with reservations)	1
Oriental Orthodox churches (some)	1
Oriental Orthodox spirituality	1
Oriental Orthodox tradition	1
Oriental Orthodox tradition (historically, with controversy)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination family ⓘ branch of Eastern Christianity ⓘ communion of churches ⓘ
acceptsCouncil	Council of Ephesus ⓘ First Council of Constantinople ⓘ First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
christology	Miaphysite Christology ⓘ
dialogueWith	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
distinguishesFrom	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
doctrine	belief in the Incarnation of Christ ⓘ belief in the Trinity ⓘ
ecclesiology	communion of autocephalous churches ⓘ
governance	episcopal polity ⓘ
hasClergyRank	bishop ⓘ catholicos ⓘ deacon ⓘ patriarch ⓘ priest ⓘ
hasMemberChurch	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Classical Armenian ⓘ Coptic ⓘ Ge'ez ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
liturgicalRite	Coptic Rite ⓘ surface form: Alexandrian Rite Armenian Rite ⓘ Ethiopian Rite ⓘ surface form: Ge'ez Rite Syriac Rite ⓘ surface form: West Syriac Rite
monasticTradition	ancient Christian monasticism ⓘ
primaryRegion	Armenia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ India ⓘ Syria ⓘ
rejectsCouncil	Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
sacramentalTheology	seven sacraments ⓘ
sharesHeritageWith	early Christianity ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Miaphysitism ⓘ
veneration	Virgin Mary ⓘ saints ⓘ

Referenced by (655)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasMajorBranch → Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → sharesRootsWith → Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ

Jesus Christ → veneratedIn → Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ

Bible → isSacredTextOf → Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ