Category:Orthodoxy

Or"tho*dox`y, n. Etym: [gr. orthodoxie. See orthodox.]

1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to Heterodoxy or to heresy. Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland.

2. Consonance to genuine scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral Doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.

3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.