ORTHODOXY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

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

3.
n.

By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.