Oriental Orthodox
- Grew from
- The apostolic communities
- From
- 451 AD
- Origin
- Egypt, Syria, Armenia, Ethiopia
The Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopian and Malankara churches, which did not accept the formula of Chalcedon. Modern dialogue has largely concluded the difference was of language rather than substance.
In the record
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451 AD Division
Council of Chalcedon
Defined Christ as one person in two natures. The Coptic, Syriac and Armenian churches rejected the formula, becoming the Oriental Orthodox.
This body appears in the history but does not carry recorded doctrinal positions here, so it is absent from the comparison panels.