'Orthodoxy' means 'right doctrine'
The Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Boeotia
Doctrine:
It assumes that truth is changeless and uniform.
Theology is the study of the Trinity, containing and at the same time transcending space and time.
Economy is the study of the Incarnation and our salvation, achieved in history.
‘The method of godliness consists in these two things, pious doctrines and virtuous practice.’ (St Cyril of Jerusalem, ob. A.D. 386, ‘Catechetical Lectures.’)
Doctrine is what is believed, taught and confessed by the Church on the basis of the word of God:
Believed: present in devotion, spirituality and worship.
Taught: the word of God by exegesis communicated by proclamation, instruction and theology.
Confessed: testimony against false witness within and without the church through polemic, creeds and dogmas.
It assumes that truth is changeless and uniform.
Theology is the study of the Trinity, containing and at the same time transcending space and time.
Economy is the study of the Incarnation and our salvation, achieved in history.
‘The method of godliness consists in these two things, pious doctrines and virtuous practice.’ (St Cyril of Jerusalem, ob. A.D. 386, ‘Catechetical Lectures.’)
Doctrine is what is believed, taught and confessed by the Church on the basis of the word of God:
Believed: present in devotion, spirituality and worship.
Taught: the word of God by exegesis communicated by proclamation, instruction and theology.
Confessed: testimony against false witness within and without the church through polemic, creeds and dogmas.