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Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Exploring Belief Systems through the Lens of the Ancient Christian Faith is unavailable, but you can change that!

Are you an Orthodox Christian who wonders how to explain to your Baptist grandmother, your Buddhist neighbor, or the Jehovah’s Witness at your door how your faith differs from theirs? Or are you a member of another faith, curious what Orthodoxy is all about? In Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick covers the gamut of ancient heresies, modern Christian denominations, fringe groups,...

the doctrine of the Trinity and calling for the violent overthrow of both Catholic and Protestant societies. Also, his execution occurred in 1533, before Calvin himself had much influence in the Geneva government. Nevertheless, the Orthodox do not teach theocracy nor that heretics ought to be burned. Among Calvinists, Presbyterians hold to a form of church government in which regional governance is by a council of presbyters (pastors), rather than bishops. Most Reformed denominations no longer hold
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