Explore: Akribeia (the World)

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, akribeia (Greek: ἀκρίβεια, romanized: akriveia, akribia, akrivia, lit. 'accuracy, exactness, preciseness') is the strict

instituted for the propagation of a certain doctrine. The largest ecumenical organization in Christianity is the World Council of Churches. The following is

good deal of the allegorical interpretation more associated with the Alexandrian school. John's social and religious world was formed by the continuing

Gerberding, R. and J. H. Moran Cruz, Medieval Worlds (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004) p. 28. Peter Brown, The Rise of Christendom 2nd edition (Oxford

equals'), a title held by the patriarch of Rome prior to 1054. As one of the oldest surviving religious institutions in the world, the Eastern Orthodox Church

in the world at large, rather than a religious institute (saeculum). The Holy See supports the activity of its clergy by the Congregation for the Clergy

Slavonic in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Old Church Slavonic was initially widely intelligible across the Slavic world. However, with the gradual differentiation

(Autocephalous Orthodox churches) Archived 2014-07-23 at the Wayback Machine "Orthodox World Churches". Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved 2022-02-28

suggested by the Cloud of Unknowing; the method used in Centering Prayer; the method used by The World Community for Christian Meditation, based on the Aramaic

on the numbers of adherents, the Eastern Orthodox Church (also known as Eastern Orthodoxy) is the second largest Christian communion in the world, after