כוהן גדול

Right belief as defined by the apostolic teaching preserved in Scripture and summarized in the historic creeds. Jude 1:3 urges believers to 'contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people.' Paul commends Timothy for following 'sound teaching' (2 Timothy 1:13) and warns against those who depart from it (1 Timothy 6:3-5). Orthodoxy is not rigid traditionalism but faithful adherence to the truths God has revealed. The early church councils produced creeds — Apostles', Nicene, Chalcedonian — that distilled Scripture's teaching on the Trinity, Christ's nature, and salvation into precise formulations.