Definition of "orthodoxy" []

• The quality or state of being orthodox. (noun)
• Orthodox practice, custom, or belief. (noun)
• The beliefs and practices of the Eastern Orthodox Church. (noun)
• Orthodox Judaism. (noun)

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• "Paleo becomes a necessary prefix only because the term orthodoxy has been preempted and to some degree tarnished by the modern (Bultmannian-Tillichian - Niebuhrian) tradition of neo-orthodoxy."
• "That is what you call orthodoxy -- the subjection of the many."
• "Can you guess what it might be, or does your invested faith in "orthodoxy" prevent you from seeing what you don't wish to see?"