What's the different between Orthodox, and unorthodox Church's?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as unorthodox church. Or maybe you are refering to Orthodox teaching vs Unorthodox teaching because they do exist.

Orthodoxy is a criterion used in Christianity if a particular belief is a true Christian belief by tracing its origins to the time of the early church or even down to the time of the apostles. If it is found that it was taught and held as true by the early church then it is orthodox. If it can't be verified then its NOT orthodox.

An example of orthodox doctrine is the Divinity of Christ that is, Christ is God. The Bible have several passages that support this belief but personal interpretations of several other passages can in fact deny Christ's Divinity and can create confusion as it happened in the 3rd century when Sabellius taught Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one Person with three "offices". To combat this heresy, the church had to appeal to the works of the early fathers in pointing out that Sabellius' teaching was wrong. The works of the early fathers taught that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three different Persons as quoted below.

The Letter of Barnabas
"And further, my brethren, if the Lord [Jesus] endured to suffer for our soul, he being the Lord of all the world, to whom God said at the foundation of the world, 'Let us make man after our image, and after our likeness,' understand how it was that he endured to suffer at the hand of men" (Letter of Barnabas 5 [A.D. 74]).

Hermas
"The Son of God is older than all his creation, so that he became the Father's adviser in his creation. Therefore also he is ancient" (The Shepherd 12 [A.D. 80]).

Ignatius of Antioch
"Jesus Christ . . . was with the Father before the beginning of time, and in the end was revealed. . . . Jesus Christ . . . came forth from one Father and is with and has gone to one [Father]. . .. [T]here is one God, who has manifested himself by Jesus Christ his Son, who is his eternal Word, not proceeding forth from silence, and who in all things pleased him that sent him" (Letter to the Magnesians 6-8 [A.D. 110]).

Justin Martyr
"God speaks in the creation of man with the very same design, in the following words: 'Let us make man after our image and likeness' . . . I shall quote again the words narrated by Moses himself, from which we can indisputably learn that [God] conversed with someone numerically distinct from himself and also a rational being. . . . But this Offspring who was truly brought forth from the Father, was with the Father before all the creatures, and the Father communed with him" (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 62 [A.D. 155]).

Polycarp of Smyrna
"I praise you for all things, I bless you, I glorify you, along with the everlasting and heavenly Jesus Christ, your beloved Son, with whom, to you and the Holy Spirit, be glory both now and to all coming ages. Amen" (Martyrdom of Polycarp 14 [A.D. 155]).

Mathetes
"[The Father] sent the Word that he might be manifested to the world . . . This is he who was from the beginning, who appeared as if new, and was found old . . . This is he who, being from everlasting, is today called the Son" (Letter to Diognetus 11 [A.D. 160]).

Irenaeus of Lyons
"It was not angels, therefore, who made us nor who formed us, neither had angels power to make an image of God, nor anyone else . . . For God did not stand in need of these in order to the accomplishing of what he had himself determined with himself beforehand should be done, as if he did not possess his own hands. For with him [the Father] were always present the Word and Wisdom, the Son and the Spirit, by whom and in whom, freely and spontaneously, he made all things, to whom also he speaks, saying, 'Let us make man in our image and likeness' [Gen. 1:26" (Against Heresies 4:20:1 [A.D. 189]).

Tertullian
"While keeping to this demurrer always, there must, nevertheless, be place for reviewing for the sake of the instruction and protection of various persons. Otherwise it might seem that each perverse opinion is not examined but simply prejudged and condemned. This is especially so in the case of the present heresy [Sabellianism], which considers itself to have the pure truth when it supposes that one cannot believe in the one only God in any way other than by saying that Father, Son, and Spirit are the selfsame person. As if one were not all . . . through the unity of substance" (Against Praxeas 2:3-4 [A.D. 216]).

Tertullian
"Keep always in mind the rule of faith which I profess and by which I bear witness that the Father and the Son and the Spirit are inseparable from each other, and then you will understand what is meant by it. Observe, now, that I say the Father is other, and the Son is other, and the Spirit is other. . . . I say this, however, out of necessity, since they contend that the Father and the Son and the Spirit are the selfsame person" (ibid. 9:1 [A.D. 216]).

Hippolytus
"Thus, after the death of Zephyrinus, supposing that he had obtained (the position) after which he so eagerly pursued, he [Pope Callistus] excommunicated Sabellius, as not entertaining orthodox opinions" (Refutation of All Heresies 9:7 [A.D. 228]).

Answer 2

The fifteen Orthodox Churches in the world, plus the Roman Catholic Church, accept all 7 Ecumenical Councils.

Some Orthodox Churches refused to accept the Council of Chalcedon in 451 due to a heresy regarding the natures of Christ - these are the Armenians, Copts and the Syriac Orthodox Church.

When the Roman Catholic Church broke away in 1054, she became unorthodox and the Protestants and everyone after them remain unorthodox.

Answer 3

Christianity, I assume you're talking about. It also depends on your definition of "Orthodox". Are you referring to the Orthodox Church, such as the Greek Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, or are you referring to churches that hold untraditional beliefs?

The Eastern Orthodox Church is very, very closely related to Roman Catholicism, with a few differences: unleavened bread at the Eucharist, baptism by immersion, no infallible leader (the Pope in Catholicism). Rather than using statues of Mary and Jesus, they prefer icons, which are two-dimensional paintings. Eastern Orthodoxy also has no concept of Purgatory.

The latter form of unorthodoxy I mentioned, untraditional beliefs, are held by a few churches today. Christians traditionally held Jesus to be the same as God, while Jehovah's Witnesses believe Jesus to be a god (compared to humans), while not God Almighty (Jehovah). Christians (save Pentecostals) traditionally baptize in "the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, while Jehovah's Witnesses don't say anything during batpism. Christians traditionally celebrate Christmas and Easter, while Jehovah's Witnesses reject the celebration of holidays, as many holidays are "pagan" in origin. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism) has belief that Jesus and Satan were spirit brothers, rejection of the Trinity (instead opting for the belief that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are seperate, unique individuals, rejection of the cross as the symbol of Christendom.

I hope this information helps you.

Answer 4

As far as I know there is no such organization as an "unorthodox" church.

However, there is the Orthodox Church (Russian, Greek, Serbian, etc), and the Roman Catholic Church. The separation of these two church "branches" is called the Great Schism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East-West_Schism

Answer 5

Very loosely speaking-- Orthodox Churches fall under the leadership of a POPA - like Pope Shinouda thee 6th.
There are today, I believe, four popas.

NON Orthodox have no Worldly leader. Their leader is The God/Jesus only.

I SAID THAT THIS WAS A ""LOOSE"" EXPLANATION.

Answer 6

U N - okay ,okay ! not funny! Orthodox is the different class; all others are the primary choice!

Answer 7

pretty much its the same belief with minor ceremonial differences (eg. catholics cross make the sign of the cross once, while eastern orthodox christians makes it 3 times)

Answer 8

There is no unorthodox church. BIG difference.