* The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture, Bart D. Ehrman, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993

Orthodox Christians believe Scripture was revealed by the Holy Spirit to its inspired human authors.

The Eastern Orthodox churches do not accept this two-source theory ; rather, they hold that there is a single source of revelation, Holy Tradition, of which Scripture is the most important part.

While there is a large body of theology noting the many Scriptural supports for transubstantiation, in general, Orthodox and Catholics consider it unnecessary to " prove " from texts of Scripture a belief that they see as held by Christians without interruption from the earliest, apostolic times.

Ultramontanism is not recognised by either Eastern or Oriental Orthodox churches, which see it as unsupported by Scripture or Tradition ; these Churches regard the Pope as having been primus inter pares when the two churches were in communion, and do not recognize the doctrines of infallibility or the Pope's alleged jurisdiction over patriarchates or autocephalous Churches other than that of Rome, except insofar as this is part of the concept of primus inter pares

‘ Reformed Theology as set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith & the Larger and Shorter Catechisms as adopted by the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, is the system of doctrine taught in Scripture, and therefore is to be learned, taught, and proclaimed for the edification and government of Christian people, for the propagation of the faith, and for the evangelization of the world by the power of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

They believed their way of regarding the authority of the Pope — more in line with that of the Conciliar movement and akin to the Orthodox and Anglicans — was more in conformity with Holy Scripture and tradition.

In addition to the Eastern Orthodox Christian biblical canon, it offers commentary and other material to show the Eastern Orthodox Christian understanding of Scripture.

The Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra, i. e. 2 Esdras 3 – 14, is regarded as Scripture in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and it was also widely cited by early Fathers of the Church, particularly Ambrose of Milan.

Throughout most of Christianity's history, corporate Christian worship has been liturgical, characterized by prayers and hymns, with texts rooted in, or closely related to, the Scripture, particularly the Psalter ; this form of sacramental and ceremonial worship is still practiced by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches, as well as some Protestant denominations such as Lutheranism and Methodism.

The Tractarians undertook a re-examination of Anglican traditions of the 17th century ; developing these into the general principle that Anglicanism represented a via media between Protestantism and Catholicism ; or otherwise, that the Church of England together with the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches, represented three ' branches ' of the Universal Church, whose faith derived from Scripture and Tradition independent of legislative formulae.

It was popular as a village instrument for centuries, particularly with the skomorokhs, sort of free-lance musical jesters whose tunes ridiculed the Tsar, the Russian Orthodox Church, and Russian society in general.

Thus, despite widely held popular belief outside the Orthodox cultures, there is not one bishop at the head of the Orthodox Church ; references to the Patriarch of Constantinople as a leader equivalent or comparable to a pope in the Roman Catholic Church are mistaken.

Debate on the possible installation of a constitutional monarchy in Georgia was revitalized following the 7 October 2007 sermon of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the popular head of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

Instead a young Danish Prince became King George I. George was a very popular choice as a constitutional monarch, and he agreed that his sons would be raised in the Greek Orthodox faith.

It is still popular in Orthodox Judaism as a framework for study, if not always for practice.

The Russo-Turkish War was popular among Russians, who supported the independence of their fellow Orthodox Slavs, the Serbs and the Bulgarians.

The term " Orthodox " is not popular in Israeli discourse, although the percentage of Jews who come under that category is far greater than in the diaspora.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

The name has been popular in Orthodox Christian countries, and was borne by several rulers of the Byzantine and Russian Empires.

One of its more popular curricula, Neighboring Faiths ( formerly Church Across the Street ), takes middle and high school participants to visit the places of worship of many faith traditions including a Hindu temple, a Reform or Orthodox synagogue, and a Catholic church.

She remains an important symbol in Georgian popular culture and has been canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as the Holy Righteous Queen Tamar ( წმიდა კეთილმსახური მეფე თამარი ), with her feast day commemorated on 14 May ( O. S.

The popular name of " Meatfare Sunday " comes from the fast that this is the last day on which the laity are permitted to eat meat until Pascha ( Orthodox monks and nuns never eat meat ).

Several Orthodox scholars write that the popular Orthodox understanding of these principles are not at all what Maimonides held to be true.

During the 18th century, the use of sunflower oil became very popular in Russia, particularly with members of the Russian Orthodox Church, because sunflower oil was one of the few oils that was allowed during Lent, according to some fasting traditions.

Because of his Judeo-Christian origin and iconoclasm, Michael II was not popular among Orthodox clergy, who depicted him as an ignorant and poorly educated peasant, but Michael II was a competent statesman and administrator.

" The Last Supper "-museum copy of Master Paul's sculpture The Washing of the Feet is a traditional component of the celebration in many Christian Churches, including the Armenian, Ethiopian, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Schwarzenau Brethren / German Baptist groups, Mennonites, and Roman Catholic Churches, and is becoming increasingly popular as a part of the Maundy Thursday liturgy in the Anglican / Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, as well as in other Protestant denominations.

On the issue of Church's Autocephaly and his role as king within the Church, Otto was overwhelmed by the arcana of Orthodox Church doctrine and popular discontent with his Roman Catholicism ( while the Queen was Protestant ).

Focusing on the needs of Sephardic Orthodox Israelis, Shas established its own government-funded education system called El ha-Ma ' ayan, which became popular in poor Sephardic towns, increasing the party ’ s popular support.

The town of Batak is also located in this part of the mountains, as well as the popular tourist centres Smolyan, Velingrad, Devin, Chepelare, the winter resort Pamporovo, the Eastern Orthodox Bachkovo Monastery, the ruins of the Asen dynasty's fortress, the caves Dyavolskoto Garlo, Yagodinska, Vievo and many others.

* Artscroll Machzor-Very popular mahzorim used both in the Haredi and Modern Orthodox Jewish community.

He is Bishop of Ohrid, near the Albanian border, and is a popular and beloved leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Gerald Lawrence Schroeder is an Orthodox Jewish physicist, author, lecturer and teacher at College of Jewish Studies Aish HaTorah's Discovery Seminar, Essentials and Fellowships programs and Executive Learning Center, who focuses on what he perceives to be an inherent relationship between science and spirituality.

Within Orthodox Judaism the traditional view that Shimon bar Yochai was the author is maintained.

* Christos Jonathan Hayward, Eastern Orthodox author and theologian

* Aryeh Kaplan, American Orthodox rabbi and author

* Avigdor Miller, American Orthodox rabbi, author and lecturer

Dr. Joel B. Wolowelsky, an author on the topic of the role of women in Judaism, has recently endorsed relying on this authority to permit the deliberate creation of minyanim composed entirely of Kohanim for the express purpose of giving women an opportunity to have an aliyah to the Torah in an Orthodox setting.

* Susie Fishbein, best-selling Orthodox Jewish kosher cookbook author

This is discussed in " Piety & Power: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism " by Orthodox author David Landau ( 1993, Hill & Wang ).

Jacob Ettlinger ( 17 March 1798 – 7 December 1871 ) ( Hebrew: יעקב עטלינגר ) was a German rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism.

He is the author of Contemporary Orthodox Judaism's Response to Modernity, Why We Pray What We Pray and numerous other scholarly publications.

* Rabbi Norman Lamm-Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University ; Orthodox Forum ; author of Torah U-Maddah.

Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu Kaplan (; 23 October 1934-28 January 1983 ) was a noted American Orthodox rabbi and author known for his " intimate knowledge of both physics and kabbalah ".

His students included Rabbis: Yonasan David ( his son-in-law ) and Aharon Schechter, his successors as Rosh Yeshivas of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin ; Hirsch Diskind, son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and long-time Dean of Bais Yaakov School for Girls in Baltimore, Aharon Lichtenstein, son-in-law of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel ; Pinchas Stolper of the Orthodox Union and founder of NCSY who followed Hutner's guidelines in setting up this youth outreach movement ; Avrohom Davis, founder of the Metzudah religious books series ; Shlomo Freifeld who set up one of the first full-time yeshivas for baal teshuva students in the world ; Joshua Fishman, leader and executive Vice President of Torah Umesorah the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools ; Avrohom Kleinkaufman, a lecturer in Yeshiva of Far Rockaway and translator of the Genesis and Exodus volumes of the Metzuda Bible Commentary of Rabbi Solomon and the Kol Sasson Sephardic Siddurim and Machzorim ; Yaakov Perlow, the Novominsker Rebbe of Boro Park ; Meir Bilitzky, senior rabbi of Young Israel of New Hyde Park ; Noah Weinberg founder and head of Aish Hatorah and his brother Yaakov Weinberg of Ner Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore ; Yosef Katzenstein of Copenhagen, author of Kol Chayil and Lema ' an Achai ; Feivel Cohen of Brooklyn, author of " Badei HaShulchan " and world renowned posek, Dovid Cohen, rabbi of Congregation Gvul Yaabetz and an author of a number of books on Jewish theology, and Ahron Kaufman Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Waterbury, son in law to Feivel Cohen.

" Two Orthodox Jews, Rabbi Daniel Lapin and conservative talk-show host and author Michael Medved, also vocally rejected claims that the film is anti-Semitic.

* Irving Greenberg ( born 1933 ), Modern Orthodox rabbi Jewish-American scholar and author.

* Irving Greenberg, Modern Orthodox rabbi and author

Severus ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ( in Arabic ساويرس بن المقفع ) or Severus of El Ashmunein ( in Arabic ساويرس الأشمونين ) ( died 987 ) was a Coptic Orthodox Bishop, author and historian.

* Metropolitan Anthony ( Bloom ) of Sourozh-Russian Orthodox émigré metropolitan archbishop and author *

His critique of Modern Orthodox Judaism has been commented on by many, including Hillel Halkin, columnist for the New York Sun ; Andrew Silow-Carroll, editor of the New Jersey Jewish News ; Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union ; Rabbi Shalom Carmy, tenured professor of Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University ; Rabbi Norman Lamm, chancellor of Yeshiva University ;, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach ; Gary Rosenblatt, editor of Jewish Week, the editorial board of the Jewish Press ; Rabbis Ozer Glickman and Aharon Kahn, roshei yeshiva at Yeshiva University ; Ami Eden, Executive Editor of The Forward ; Rabbi David M. Feldman, author of Where There's Life, There's Life ; and Jonathan Rosenblum, columnist for the Jerusalem Post.

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, ( b. Mir, Russia, 1816-d. Warsaw, Poland, August 10, 1893 ), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, dean of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania.

Shlomo Ganzfried ( Solomon ben Joseph Ganzfried ; Hungary, 1804 to 1886 ) was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha ( Jewish law ), the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch ( Hebrew: קיצור שולחן ערוך, " The Abbreviated Shulchan Aruch "), by which title he is also known.