Orthodox Church
The word Orthodox means this.
Our Church was founded when this saint landed on the shores of Kerala.
Who is Saint Thomas?
This creed is a declaration of our faith.
What is the Nicene Creed?
This council created the creed we use in our prayers today.
What is the council of Nicaea?
These two former bishops of our church are the only currently Malankara Indian Orthodox saints.
Who are St. Gregorios of Parumala and Saint Dionysius of Vattasseril?
When we say we believe in a “catholic” church, we mean this.
What is complete, all-embracing, universal?
This church was founded by a bishop of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church and refuted the belief in prayer for the departed and veneration of the saints.
What is the Mar Thoma Church?
This was the last Ecumenical Orthodox Church Council we attended and did not accept.
This was the first ecumenical council.
What is the Council of Jeruselem?
St. Basil said men who have two coats or two pairs of shoes when his neighbor has none are this.
What are thieves?
Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches regarding themselves as orthodox, their division to the present day is mainly attributed to this
What are historical and political reasons that maintain between the Churches and not differences on dogmatic grounds?
This church believes that 'by grace alone' mankind is saved, and that we have no role in our salvation.
Who are the Mormons?
This orthodox belief is based on the idea that just as we can pray for others the saints can also pray for us.
What is veneration of the saints?
Arianism was fought by the Cappadocian fathers in this council.
What is the Council of Constantinople?
This said said that the love of money is the root of all evil.
Who is St. Paul?
St. Justin the martyr coined this phrase referring to our orthodox point of view of different faiths.
What is spermatikos logos?
This group left the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in the 1930s and joined the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church?
What is ancestral sin, not original sin?
The Council of Ephesus condemned this belief that separated the divinity and humanity of Christ.
What is Nestorianism?
Together these saints made the Cappadocian fathers.
Who are St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. Gregory of Nyssa?
Under this pagan Roman emperor the Coptic Church suffered the most severe persecution.
Who is Diocletian?
This Council was refuted by the Malankara Orthodox Church as it was used to force our church under the rule of the Portugese.
What is the Council of Diamper?
This ancient text is responsible for the Orthodox Study Bible Old Testament and the major differences between the Orthodox Bible and the Protestant Bible
What is the Septuagint?
The outcome of the Council of Chalcedon led to our church coining this term to define our belief in the natures of Christ.
What is miaphysite?
This saint is believed to be the first to draw icons of Lord Jesus Christ, St. Mary, and the apostles.
Who is St. Luke.