Talk:Orthodox Church

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This page has alternated between being a redirect and being a disambiguation page. I have changed it back to being a disambig after it had spent some time as a redirect; partly I did this as it had been changed from disambig to redirect by a "minor" edit, without changes to the talk page, which crossed the borderline between being bold and being reckless, especially since the Eastern Orthodox Church is not the only Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Church is in fact a major denomination of Christianity. If this becomes a disambig, it's worth keeping reference to Western Orthodoxy and Assyrian Orthodoxy too. If it becomes a redirect, it should really be to Orthodox Christianity, not Eastern Orthodox Church which is just one example of Orthodox Christianity. However, I think that it is worth maintaining this as a separate disambig page since not all churches with "Orthodox" in their name fall into what is normally described as Orthodox Christianity (I am thinking in particular of some of the Continuing Anglican, Old Catholic etc churches). Further, "Orthodox Christianity" suffers from a mild NPOV problem in that some of the movements there may actually be characterised or described as "hererodox"! This page at least can refer to churches that describe themselves, or are commonly described as, "Orthodox", without suffering from a similar argument. TheGrappler 13:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Restructuring as a dab page

Following the wiki guidelines, I've simplified the page and removed excess explanation. I removed the following paragraph:

This is the usual meaning of the unqualified term "Orthodox Church", and the Church is significantly larger than Oriental and Assyrian Orthodoxy. The Latin West split from Eastern Christianity in 1054. The first seven ecumenical councils are all recognised, so the Chalcedonian Creed is accepted.Orthodox church is a group or communion of independent churches.

It was not clear what "This" referred to--the "Eastern Orthodox Church" as a whole? Next to the correct link, the first line could be useful. The rest of the paragraph belongs in an actual article.

I also removed the following, which followed "Eritrean Orthodox Church":

The movement schismed from the rest of Christianity in the 5th century, after refusing to recognise the Christological dogmas of the Council of Chalcedon of 451 AD, believing them to be tantamount to Nestorian dualism. Only the first three ecumenical councils are recognised, up to the Council of Ephesus. It is sometimes described as non-Chalcedonian; its Christology of miaphysitism was interpreted by other Christians as the heresy of monophysitism, that Christ had only one nature.

This also seems to belong in an article, but again I am not sure which specific group was meant by "the movement." --Iggle 07:59, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] change to redirect?

The lists on this page are duplicated in other places such as Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Eastern Christianity. Would it be agreeable to make this a redirect to Orthodox Christianity, a disambiguation page with links to the foregoing? Chonak 07:14, 12 September 2006 (UTC)