Early Christianity

Also, "Early Christian Church"

• this article will review the development of the Christian Church and Christian doctrine (orthodoxy)
  • orthodoxy = "ortho" (true, straight, right ) + doxa (opinion, praise) = "right opinion
  • heterodoxy = "hetero" (another, of the other) + dox = other opion
    • note: the suffix -doxy comes from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept"
  • heterodoxy is called here "heresy", which means "against accepted or established standards"
    • heresy is from Greek hairesis for "taking for oneself"