When maximally polemical, I refer to the communion that I serve as deacon in as Apostolic Orthodoxy; short for the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. This is the communion that began in Alexandria and Antioch, very quickly added Armenia and Aksum, and one thousand years later grafted in the Malabar Coast. When I am being more neutral, I refer to our communion as Afroasiatic Orthodoxy, because Coptic (Alexandria) and Syriac (Antioch) and Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic) are Afroasiatic tongues, and Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Greater Armenia, Greater Ethiopia, and India are all geographically home to the indigenous Church of Africa and Asia.
My brothers and sisters in Christ from OTYG Seattle invited me to give a talk on Orthodoxy last night, and so I did. On Sundays, I normally take my students through series on scripture. Occasionally, I do one-off talks like this when prompted with a topic. It is my hope that this talk edifies you and sparks your curiosity to dig deeper into Christendom and Church History.
Leave a comment about any topics you would like me to explore in further depth and at more length in the future.
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