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Eastern Orthodoxy

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Let an agent explain Eastern Orthodoxy and its structure, beliefs and practices with attribution, describe its churches and groups outside canonical communion neutrally, present history and current disputes with positions attributed, and support respectful study and visiting.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain Eastern Orthodoxy and its structure, beliefs and practices with attribution, describe its churches and groups outside canonical communion neutrally, present history and current disputes with positions attributed, and support respectful study and visiting.

The second largest Christian communion, comprising autocephalous and autonomous churches such as the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the churches of Russia, Greece, Serbia, Romania and others, sharing the faith defined by the first seven ecumenical councils, the Byzantine liturgical tradition and the theology of the Church Fathers, together with groups outside canonical communion such as Old Believers and True Orthodox churches; Eastern Orthodoxy is described here with attribution to its churches, councils and scholars.

What it is for: The Eastern Orthodox Christian communion.

It can be explain structure and beliefs with attribution; describe churches and non-canonical groups neutrally; present history and disputes; support study and visiting.

Distinguishing features

Autocephalous structure

Byzantine liturgy

Patristic theology

Canonical communion

What it looks like

Not physical; a communion of churches with distinctive liturgy and iconography.

How it is recognised

Communion of autocephalous churches with Byzantine tradition

Seven ecumenical councils

Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism are distinct communions

Related models

is a kind of - category

Eastern Christianity

is a kind of - category

Chalcedonian Christianity

is related to - Orthodoxy in Russia

religion in Russia

is related to - the wider Christian institution

Christian Church

In practice

Families and kinds

ancient patriarchates

national autocephalous churches

autonomous churches

Old Believers

True Orthodox and other groups outside canonical communion

Standards and regulation

Canon law of the Orthodox churches

State laws on religious organisations

Heritage protection for churches and icons

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting jurisdictional disputes without attribution

Labelling groups without their self-designation

Disrespectful treatment

Also called

non-canonical Eastern Orthodox churchesTrue Orthodox churchOld BelieversOld Believers in LithuaniaOld Believers in EstoniaOld Believers in RussiaPopovtsyBezpopovtsyOld Believers in LatviaOld Believers in Luhansk OblastChasovennyeEastern Orthodoxy on the EarthBeglopopovtsyGreek Orthodoxy in AustriaOrthodox doctrineWestern Rite OrthodoxyRussian OrthodoxyGreek Orthodoxy

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What Eastern Orthodoxy is.

Attribution.

Beliefs

Beliefs and worship.

Beliefs

Beliefs.

  1. What does Eastern Orthodoxy teach about God, salvation, the sacraments and icons, in its own terms, and how is the Divine Liturgy celebrated? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and respectful? boundary

Structure

Structure.

Structure

Structure.

  1. How is the communion organised into patriarchates and autocephalous and autonomous churches, and what is the role of the Ecumenical Patriarch? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific church? action
Groups Churches and groups.

Neutral description.

Canonical

Canonical churches.

Canonical

Canonical.

  1. Which churches are in canonical communion, and how do they relate to each other? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific national church? action

Non-canonical

Groups outside communion.

Non-canonical

Non-canonical.

  1. Who are the Old Believers, True Orthodox and other groups outside canonical communion, in their own terms and as described by the mainstream churches? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and using self-designations? boundary
History History and disputes.

Attribution.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did Eastern Orthodoxy develop through the councils, the schism with Rome, Ottoman rule and modern nation states, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the East-West Schism? action

Disputes

Current disputes.

Disputes

Disputes.

  1. What jurisdictional and political disputes exist among Orthodox churches today, with positions of the parties attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn Culture and visiting.

Education.

Culture

Art, music and monasticism.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What are the traditions of iconography, chant and monasticism in Eastern Orthodoxy? provenance
  2. Which entry fits icons? action

Visit

Visiting and study.

Visit

Visiting.

  1. How can visitors attend services respectfully, and which references are standard for study? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each autocephalous church be a separate entry?
  • How should church documents be linked?
  • How should disputes be attributed?
Draft as JSON