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Orthodox Tewahedo refers to twoOriental Orthodox Christian Churches with shared beliefs, liturgy, and history. TheOrthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is common to all churches, as isOrthodox Tewahedo music.
Tewahedo (Ge'ez:ተዋሕዶtäwaḥədo) is a Ge'ez word meaning 'being made one' or 'unified'. This word refers to theOriental Orthodox belief in the one composite unifiednature of Christ; i.e., a belief that a complete, natural union of the divine and human natures into one is self-evident in order to accomplish the divine salvation of humankind. This position is known asmiaphysitism and is in contrast to the "two natures of Christ" belief (unmixed, but unseparated divine and human natures, called thehypostatic union), which is held by theCatholic Church and theEastern Orthodox Church.
