Orthodox vs. Evangelical — What's the Difference?

Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion.

Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament.

Adhering to the Christian faith as expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds.

Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the Bible as the sole source of religious authority, in salvation only through conversion and spiritual regeneration, and in the necessity of public witness to faith.

Of or relating to any of the churches or rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland.

Of or relating to Orthodox Judaism.

Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany.

Adhering to what is commonly accepted, customary, or traditional

Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.

One that is orthodox.

Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous

Orthodox A member of an Eastern Orthodox church.

Evangelical A member of an evangelical church or party.

Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.

Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.

Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.

Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.

Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.

Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.

Of a branch of Judaism.

Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).

(botany) Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.

Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; - opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.

Zealously enthusiastic.

According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

A member of an evangelical church

Adhering to generally approved doctrine or practices; conventional. Opposed to unorthodox.

An advocate of evangelicalism

Of or pertaining to the churches of the Eastern Christian rite, especially the Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox churches, which do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope of Rome in matters of faith.

Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism;

Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

Adhering to what is commonly accepted;

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; - technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone;" the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox.

Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause.

Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8.

One of evangelical principles.

Relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels;

Of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament

Marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause