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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchandArmenian Apostolic Church
At a glance
- Common groundIn full: Common ground
- Common inheritanceOne Oriental Orthodox family: the first three ecumenical councils, the Christology of Cyril of Alexandria expressed as one united nature of the incarnate Word, and a shared refusal of the Council of Chalcedon (451).
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- Oriental Orthodox Churches (church family profile)Source verified
- Second Agreed Statement and Recommendations to the Churches, 1, 8Source verified
- GodOne God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- ChristChrist is fully divine and fully human; One incarnate nature of God the Word (miaphysite)
- Creeds and councilsThe first three ecumenical councils (325, 381, 431)
- Common inheritanceOne Oriental Orthodox family: the first three ecumenical councils, the Christology of Cyril of Alexandria expressed as one united nature of the incarnate Word, and a shared refusal of the Council of Chalcedon (451).
- What distinguishes themIn full: What distinguishes them
No difference of doctrine is recorded between them.
- How their histories connectIn full: How their histories connect
- No direct relationship recordedThey took shape separately.Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchAutocephaly, 1959Armenian Apostolic ChurchRoyal conversion, c. 301–314How each took shape
- Later · Communion · After 451 · A gradual processThe Oriental Orthodox communionRead the account in Coptic Orthodox Church
- Connected today?In full: their relationship today
In communionas of 2002 (Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement), as published by the WCC in 2026
In communion with one another as churches of the Oriental Orthodox family.
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- Oriental Orthodox Churches (church family profile)Source verified
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Where they differ
No recorded differences. That is not evidence that they agree: see the topics not yet comparable below.
How their histories relate
Communion · After 451A gradual process
The Oriental Orthodox communion
Churches agree to share communion, often only in some regions or between some member churches.
The Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean and Malankara Orthodox churches form the Oriental Orthodox family. The World Council of Churches describes them as 'in communion' with one another: they share the first three ecumenical councils and do not accept Chalcedon.Read in Coptic Orthodox Church historySource
- Oriental Orthodox Churches (church family profile)Source verified
Their relationship today
In communionas of 2002 (Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement), as published by the WCC in 2026
Source
- Oriental Orthodox Churches (church family profile)Source verified
Based on The Oriental Orthodox communion
Developments towards reconciliation
No documented agreement or formal dialogue between these traditions is recorded in the Atlas.
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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