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This page includes list of Heresies and schisms | This page includes list of Heresies and schisms | ||
== Definitions == | |||
=== orthodoxy === | |||
* "ortho" (true, straight, right ) + ''doxa'' (opinion, praise) = "right opinion | |||
=== heterodoxy === | |||
* "hetero" (another, of the other) + ''dox'' = other opion | |||
** note: the suffix ''-doxy'' comes from [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] root '''*dek-''' "to take, accept" | |||
=== heterodoxy=== | |||
* "'''heresy'''", which means "against accepted or established standards" | |||
* heresy is from Greek ''hairesis'' for "taking for oneself" | |||
== Heresies and Schisms == | == Heresies and Schisms == | ||