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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 ==