Both Uses of
orthodox
in
Robinson Crusoe
- …of God through Jesus Christ, which was so plain and easy to be understood, as immediately to direct me to carry on the great work of sincere repentance for my sins, and laying hold of a Saviour for eternal life, to a practical stated reformation, and obedience to all God's institutions, without the assistance of a reverend and orthodox divine; and especially by this same instruction, so to enlighten this savage creature, as to make him so good a Christian, as very few could exceed him.†
- I knew there was little encouragement to settle there, unless I would apostatize from the orthodox faith, or live in continual fear of the Inquisition.
*orthodox = normal (describing thinking or behavior as commonly or traditionally accepted)
Definition:
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(orthodox) normal (describing thinking or behavior as commonly or traditionally accepted)