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ORTHODOX ETHOS

Orthodox: (from Greek á½€ρθÏŒς, orthos (“right”, “true”, “straight”) and δÏŒξα, doxa (“opinion” or “belief”, related to dokein, “to think”) in one sense can be understood as adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially with respect to belief in God.  The word was first used in early 4th-century to describe those who confessed the faith upheld by the Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea (325). 

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Ethos: (ἦθος, á¼”θος, plurals: ethe (ἤθη), ethea (ἤθεα)) is a Greek word originally meaning “accustomed place” (as in ἤθεα á¼µππων “the habitat of horses”, Iliad 6.511), “custom, habit”, equivalent to Latin mores. Ethos forms the root of ethikos (á¼ θικÏŒς), meaning “moral, showing moral character”.

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