Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on autocephalous churches, the self-governing member churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on autocephalous churches is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist canon-law source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the definition of autocephaly and the list of autocephalous churches.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/autocephalous-church
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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