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Oriental Orthodox Churches


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A modern name for those Churches (Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian Orthodox) which rejected the Christological teaching of the Definition of Chalcedon. It distinguishes these Churches from the Eastern Orthodox Church and avoids the term Monophysite.

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