Wikipedia's article on the Church of Satan, consulted 2026-08-12.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a continuously community-edited tertiary reference with no formal peer review process, suitable for citable, checkable factual claims but not treated as authoritative on genuinely contested points. NotesWikipedia's article on the Church of Satan, consulted 2026-08-12. Useful here for Peter H. Gilmore's appointment as High Priest in 2001, succeeding Anton LaVey, who led the organisation from its 1966 founding until his 1997 death.
Citation
AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan
Source Typereference
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Church of Satan directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Church of Satan, consulted 2026-08-12."
Satan, Figures This source names Satan directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Church of Satan, consulted 2026-08-12."
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Practices, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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