Talk:Ethiopian Orthodox Tehadeso Church

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Let me preface this by saying it is not my intent to offend the members of this or any other faith. I will say, however, there are some things in the article (or rather, not in the article) that don't make sense for me, but I think ultimately the article needs to address them (citing sources, if possible). How is the Tehadeso church actually Orthodox? It seems that the miaphysitism issue is what created Oriental Orthodoxy in the first place — does the Tehadeso church still subscribe to miaphysitism, as well? Also at what point does the Tehadeso church split away from the rest of Oriental Orthodoxy in terms of the line of Apostolic Succession, or do they still hold the Tewahedo church's Patriarch as their own? It seems to me to be more of a syncretism between the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Pentecostalism, and perhaps "Orthodox" in name only, but this is conjecture on my part. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 03:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

This is not my area so we should all wait until people that know more about this article can improve it for us. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.149.49.124 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I added an "unreferenced" tag to this article a while back. As of this writing, a Google search only returns the Wikipedia articles (or mirrors), or message boards wherein Tewahedo followers accuse the Tehadeso of entryism. I'd imagined that by this point, a Google search might turn up an actual news article. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 01:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I have now found a news article which may or may not be useful: [1]. It seems to describe the Tehadeso church (or one part of it), though I'm not sure because the text doesn't actually contain the word "tehadeso." Furthermore I consider the news article to be from a biased source. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] moved text from article

This article is already flagged for lacking any verification. As the most recent edit seems to concern specific events and people, I am moving it from the article to the talk page. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

The Orthodox Tehadiso separated itself from the Ethiopian Orthodox church and created another branch after various disagreements between Orthodox leaders. Those who renamed the church "Tehadiso" were a group of Orthodox priests who began to attend bible studies organized by Pentay churches like Mulu Wongel and Meserete Kristos. The first church to kick out its clergymen and priests because of their association with Pentay christians was Ledeta Mariam Orthodox Tewahido church in Addis Abeba. Five of the leaders that got kicked out of the church were the top priests of the Ledeta Mariam church who left the church while still wearing their cap and gown.

i think one of the priests was aba woldetensae. Anyway, the above story happened in more than one orthodox church in ethiopia, not just in ledeta church. just like most details on ethiopia, you will not find full evidence for everything about ethiopia. maybe old magazines in ethiopia might have this story. otherwise it is word of mouth of what happened many years ago. check very old discussions about it on orthodox websites like these- [2]

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bye bye. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.205.179.163 (talk • contribs) 08:55, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I was under the impression that the Tehadeso Church was a fairly recent development, i.e. in the past 10 years or so, but I guess "recent" or "very old" are relative terms. It's unfortunate that there aren't many, if any, reliable sources about this topic – there don't seem to be many in English, anyway. But we really need something more substantial than message boards, blog entries, or word-of-mouth. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 13:20, 13 February 2007 (UTC)