Evidence

Source register

One register for the whole Atlas. Each source says whether it was actually read and which statements cite it. A source is marked verified only if it was opened and checked against the statements that cite it, never just because its link works.

Source verified
Read during the v0.2 build and checked against each statement citing it.
Identified, not independently read
A real, relevant work listed for human review. A statement resting only on such sources is never marked verified.
Statement statuses
Verified: 204 · Provisional: 140 · Contested: 4 · Awaiting verification: 2
Counts
78 sources, 53 verified and 25 identified only.

Sources read in this build

  1. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    2025 Service Year Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide: Grand Totals

    Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society · service year 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2025

    Peak publishers 9,205,326; average publishers 9,047,083; Memorial attendance 20,635,015.

    Cited by 1 statement

  2. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    2025 Statistical Report for the April 2026 General Conference

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · April 2026

    Total membership 17,887,212 at 31 December 2025. The page does not define 'membership'.

    Cited by 1 statement

  3. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    28 Fundamental Beliefs

    General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

    Beliefs 1, 2, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26 read in session.

    Cited by 9 statements

  4. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context for their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church

    Anglican–Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA · 8 May 1990

    On Apostolicae Curae (1896: Anglican orders 'absolutely null and utterly void'); ARCIC I's 'substantial agreement' on Eucharist and ministry (Final Report 1981); 1988 Lambeth Conference response; authority not fully agreed.

    Cited by 9 statements

  5. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Anglicans grow by a million people each year (reporting David Goodhew in the Church Times)

    John Sandeman · Anglican Ink · 27 July 2025

    Goodhew's estimate of roughly 100 million Anglicans, extrapolated from World Christian Database figures to 2020; he calls it an undercount.

    Cited by 1 statement

  6. Primary textSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Articles of Religion (1571)

    Church of England; in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. III

    Arts VI, VIII, XXI, XXII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII read in session. Authority of the Articles varies between Anglican provinces.

    Cited by 8 statements

  7. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Baptist World Alliance (organisation profile)

    World Council of Churches

    211 member conventions/unions; 'a total membership of 35 million baptized believers'; 'a worshipping community of over 100 million'; Baptists do not count children as members. Undated profile.

    Cited by 1 statement

  8. Reference workSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Bilateral dialogue index (Eastern Orthodox–Oriental Orthodox; Pentecostal–Roman Catholic; Baptist–Mennonite)

    Centro Pro Unione, Rome · accessed 20 October 2026

    Used only for the dates, places and titles of dialogue meetings and reports.

    Cited by 8 statements

  9. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Church of England and Methodist Church recommit to working together as Covenant turns 21

    Church of England

    Covenant signed 1 November 2003; commits the churches to 'removing further obstacles towards unity'.

    Cited by 4 statements

  10. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

    Pope John Paul II; Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV · 11 November 1994

    Read in session. Common confession of Christ, true God and true man; both Marian expressions ('Mother of Christ our God and Saviour'; 'Mother of God') recognised as legitimate expressions of the same faith; Eucharist not yet celebrated together; Mixed Committee established.

    Cited by 15 statements

  11. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III

    Holy See; Coptic Orthodox Church · 10 May 1973

    Read in session. Common confession of Christ 'perfect God with respect to His divinity, perfect man with respect to His humanity'; seven sacraments named; differences since 451 'cannot be ignored'; joint commission established.

    Cited by 15 statements

  12. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Ethiopia: Ethnic groups ... (ETH200541.E)

    Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Research Directorate · 4 October 2022

    Cites the 2007 Ethiopian census: 32,092,182 self-identified Orthodox Christians.

    Cited by 1 statement

  13. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Formula of Concord Study: Article VII

    Michael Schuermann · Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod · 15 December 2016

    Describes Article VII as teaching the 'sacramental union in, with, and under' the bread and wine.

    Cited by 3 statements

  14. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Global Christianity: Movements and Denominations

    Pew Research Center (analysis of Center for the Study of Global Christianity data) · 19 December 2011

    2010 estimates: about 279 million Pentecostals (members of Pentecostal denominations) and 305 million charismatics (in other denominations), 584 million combined.

    Cited by 1 statement

  15. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Gospel Topics: Godhead

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    'Three separate beings'; Father and Son have bodies of flesh and bones; Holy Ghost a personage of spirit.

    Cited by 2 statements

  16. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, with the CDF and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches · 20 July 2001

    Read via EWTN's reproduction of L'Osservatore Romano (31 Oct 2001). The Anaphora of Addai and Mari 'can be considered valid'; mutual admission to the Eucharist in cases of necessity between Chaldean and Assyrian faithful.

    Cited by 11 statements

  17. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    History of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

    Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) · accessed 20 October 2026

    Leuenberg Agreement adopted 1973 near Basel; pulpit and table fellowship; 96 member churches.

    Cited by 6 statements

  18. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    History of the Porvoo Communion

    Porvoo Communion · accessed 20 October 2026

    Declaration signed in services at Trondheim (1 Sept 1996), Tallinn (8 Sept 1996) and Westminster Abbey (28 Nov 1996).

    Cited by 5 statements

  19. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    How many Christians are there in Egypt?

    Pew Research Center · 16 February 2011

    1996 census 5.7% Christian; 2008 DHS survey about 5%; Pew's estimate about 4 million; media and church figures of 10% or more; possible undercount discussed.

    Cited by 1 statement

  20. ScholarshipSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    In the Hope of Restoration of Communion between the Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches

    Carrie Frederick Frost, Vigen Guroian, Jennifer Haddad Mosher, Valerie Zahirsky · Published on orthodoxcouncil.org (Ecumenical Patriarchate press office site) · c. 2016

    Signed opinion piece, not an official decision. States that only some churches had accepted the agreed statements (Orthodox: Alexandria, Antioch, Romania; Oriental Orthodox: Alexandria, Antioch, Malankara) and that communion was not restored.

    Cited by 5 statements

  21. Reference workSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    International Catholic–Pentecostal Dialogue (phases and reports)

    Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; Centro Pro Unione index

    Dialogue since 1972 in seven phases; used only for dates and report titles. Participants on the Pentecostal side are individual Pentecostal churches and leaders, not the movement as a whole.

    Cited by 2 statements

  22. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Joint Catholic–Orthodox Declaration of His Holiness Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I

    Holy See; Ecumenical Patriarchate · 7 December 1965

    Read in session. ¶2 names Cardinal Humbert's legation and Patriarch Michael Cerularius; ¶4 removes the 1054 sentences 'from memory'; ¶5 states the gesture is not sufficient to end the differences and hopes for full communion.

    Cited by 17 statements

  23. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

    Lutheran World Federation; Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity · 31 October 1999 (signed at Augsburg)

    §§40–43 read in session via the IntraText edition (vatican.va did not respond to the fetch). §40: 'consensus in basic truths'; remaining differences of language, elaboration and emphasis. §41: the 16th-century condemnations, in so far as they relate to justification, do not apply. §43: open questions include the Word of God and church doctrine, ecclesiology, authority, unity, ministry, sacraments and social ethics.

    Cited by 10 statements

  24. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ)

    Lutheran World Federation · accessed 20 October 2026

    Later associations: World Methodist Council (July 2006, Seoul), Anglican Consultative Council (April 2016, Lusaka; presented October 2017), World Communion of Reformed Churches (July 2017, Wittenberg). Also states the LWF represents over 78 million Christians in 99 countries.

    Cited by 4 statements

  25. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Letter of Cardinal Kasper and Dr Noko on the fifth anniversary of the Joint Declaration

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Lutheran World Federation · 6 February 2004

    Confirms the Official Common Statement confirmed the JDDJ; calls it a milestone, not the final goal; 'substantial further work still remains to be done'.

    Cited by 4 statements

  26. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Lutherans gathered in Germany have asked for forgiveness for the 16th-century persecution of Anabaptists

    Religion News Service · 23 July 2010

    LWF Assembly, Stuttgart; joint service of repentance; MWC general secretary's response.

    Cited by 4 statements

  27. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Member Churches

    Anglican Communion Office · accessed 20 October 2026

    42 autonomous member churches and five extra-provincial areas; 'tens of millions of people' in more than 165 countries. No total membership figure given.

    Cited by 2 statements

  28. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Membership, map and statistics

    Mennonite World Conference

    '2.03 million baptized believers in 87 countries' (census year not stated).

    Cited by 1 statement

  29. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    New data from Annuario Pontificio 2026 shows Catholics growing

    Vatican News (reporting the Annuario Pontificio 2026 and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae) · 28 March 2026

    'In 2024, the Catholic population stood at just over 1.422 billion' (baptised Catholics, end of 2024).

    Cited by 2 statements

  30. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century; Key takeaways about Orthodox Christians

    Pew Research Center · 8 November 2017

    'Nearly 260 million' Orthodox worldwide, a total that includes Oriental Orthodox churches (about 20%); Russia 101 million Orthodox (self-identified); Ethiopia 36 million. Population figures footnoted as 2010-based.

    Cited by 5 statements

  31. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Orthodoxy at the start of 2026: key challenges ahead

    Orthodox Times (republishing Orthodoxi Alitheia) · 3 January 2026

    Commentary confirming that, at the start of 2026, Patriarch Kirill had broken communion with Patriarch Bartholomew and the rift was unresolved.

    Cited by 4 statements

  32. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Patriarch Kirill stopped commemorating Archbishop of Greece on Sunday

    OrthoChristian.com · 20 November 2019

    Reports that Patriarch Kirill ceased commemorating Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens after the latter entered communion with the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (late October 2019).

    Cited by 4 statements

  33. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Response to a dubium on the validity of baptism conferred by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith · 5 June 2001

    Response: 'Negative'. The page gives no reasoning; the Atlas does not attribute one to it.

    Cited by 2 statements

  34. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Russian Orthodox break communion with Ecumenical Patriarch

    Vatican News · 16 October 2018

    Reports the Holy Synod declaration of 15 October 2018 (Minsk): Eucharistic communion with the Patriarchate of Constantinople ended; clergy may not concelebrate, laity may not receive its sacraments, until Constantinople reverses its decisions.

    Cited by 9 statements

  35. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Second Agreed Statement and Recommendations to the Churches

    Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 23–28 September 1990, Chambésy

    Read in session. Both families condemn the Eutychian and Nestorian heresies; both accept the first three ecumenical councils as common heritage; recommends that anathemas 'should be lifted by the Churches', the manner to be decided by each church.

    Cited by 40 statements

  36. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Seventh-day Adventist Church World Statistics for 2025 (2026 Annual Statistical Report, advance release)

    General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research (adventistatlas.org)

    'At the end of 2025 the church reported 24,372,139 members worldwide.' Membership definition not stated on the page.

    Cited by 1 statement

  37. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Shared Convictions

    Mennonite World Conference · adopted 15 March 2006

    Items 1 (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), 3 (baptism upon confession of faith), 4 (interpreting Scripture together), 5 (peacemakers who renounce violence), 6 (Lord's Supper).

    Cited by 10 statements

  38. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    Statement of Fundamental Truths

    Assemblies of God (USA)

    Truths 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12 read in session. One classical Pentecostal denomination; Pentecostal teaching is not uniform (e.g. Oneness Pentecostals reject the doctrine of the Trinity).

    Cited by 5 statements

  39. News reportSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches: ancient traditions in communion with Rome

    Victoria Cardiel · EWTN News / Catholic World Report · 20 September 2026

    24 churches sui iuris (Latin + 23 Eastern); five liturgical traditions (Alexandrian, Antiochene, Armenian, Chaldean, Byzantine); Maronites and Italo-Albanians described as never having broken communion; union dates for several churches. Journalistic source; corroborate against CCEO and the Annuario Pontificio.

    Cited by 10 statements

  40. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Articles of Faith

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Articles 1, 4, 6, 8, 9 read in session.

    Cited by 6 statements

  41. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church

    The United Methodist Church

    Arts I, V, XVI, XVII, XVIII read in session. One Methodist church's standard; other Methodist churches have their own.

    Cited by 4 statements

  42. Primary textSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Augsburg Confession (1530)

    In Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. III

    Arts IV (justified 'for Christ's sake through faith'), IX (children to be baptised), X (body and blood 'truly present'), XXI (saints remembered, not invoked) read in session.

    Cited by 12 statements

  43. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Baptist Faith and Message 2000

    Southern Baptist Convention

    One convention's confession, not binding on other Baptists. Arts I, II, VI, VII, XVII read in session.

    Cited by 11 statements

  44. ScholarshipSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Christology of the Church of the East in the Synods of the Fifth to Early Seventh Centuries: Preliminary Considerations and Materials

    Sebastian Brock · In G. Dragas (ed.), Aksum-Thyateira: A Festschrift for Archbishop Methodios (London: Thyateira House) · 1985 · pp. 126–143

    Read in session. The 410 synod recognised Nicaea; no credal statements in 420 and 424; the 486 statement is Antiochene and 'can in no way be described as openly Nestorian'; East Syriac texts never use 'two prosopa'; qnoma is not equivalent to 'person'; Ephesus is specifically rejected, Chalcedon received ambivalently.

    Cited by 9 statements

  45. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017 (statistics)

    Ronald G. Roberson, CSP · CNEWA, from the Annuario Pontificio 2017

    Church-by-church figures; the listed figures sum to about 17.8 million. Largest: Ukrainian (4.47m), Syro-Malabar (4.25m), Maronite (3.50m), Melkite (1.57m).

    Cited by 1 statement

  46. Agreed ecumenical statementSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Filioque: A Church-Dividing Issue? An Agreed Statement

    North American Orthodox–Catholic Theological Consultation · 25 October 2003

    Read in session (ecumenism.net copy; also published by the USCCB). A regional consultation statement, not an act of either church. Section II gives the history from Toledo (589) to Florence (1439) and states that Leo IX was already dead in July 1054 and that the exchange 'did not lead, by itself, to a formal schism'.

    Cited by 18 statements

  47. ScholarshipSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Issue Involved in the Lutheran Rejection of Consubstantiation

    J. T. Mueller · Concordia Theological Monthly 21 · August 1950 · pp. 602–606

    Explains why Lutherans have generally rejected the term 'consubstantiation' while affirming the Real Presence.

    Cited by 2 statements

  48. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Orthodox Faith: Sacraments

    Orthodox Church in America · accessed 20 October 2026

    Names baptism, chrismation, Holy Communion, confession, unction and matrimony as mysteries; does not fix the number. Used only for that.

    Cited by 1 statement

  49. Primary textSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    The Westminster Confession of Faith

    Orthodox Presbyterian Church (text)

    Chs 1, 3, 27–31 read in session. A defining standard for Presbyterian churches; Continental Reformed churches use other confessions (e.g. Heidelberg Catechism).

    Cited by 9 statements

  50. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    To the attention of pilgrims from the Russian Orthodox Church

    Diocese of Sourozh (Russian Orthodox Church), relaying the Pilgrimage Centre of the Moscow Patriarchate · 12 September 2023

    Lists the bases of the restrictions: Holy Synod decisions of 15 Oct 2018 (Constantinople), 17 Oct 2019, Journal No. 125 (21 named metropolises of the Church of Greece), 26 Dec 2019 (named hierarchs of Alexandria) and 16 Mar 2023 (five dioceses of Cyprus). Restrictions apply to named dioceses and hierarchs, not to the whole Church of Greece.

    Cited by 6 statements

  51. Official church sourceSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?

    Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (jw.org)

    Jehovah 'the one true and Almighty God'; Jesus 'is not Almighty God'; 'no Scriptural basis for the Trinity doctrine'; elders 'do not form a clergy class'; Governing Body provides direction; 'we are Christians'.

    Cited by 6 statements

  52. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    World Communion of Reformed Churches (church family profile)

    World Council of Churches

    '80 million Reformed Christians'; 230 member churches in 108 countries. Undated profile; counting methods vary by member church.

    Cited by 1 statement

  53. StatisticsSource verified · checked 2026-10-20

    World Methodist Council (organisation profile)

    World Council of Churches

    '76 member churches representing 40 million believers'. Undated; other published figures for the Methodist family are higher.

    Cited by 1 statement

Identified, not yet read

  1. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    A Brief History of Seventh-day Adventists

    George R. Knight · Review and Herald · 1999

    Not read in session.

    Cited by 3 statements

  2. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    Anglicanorum coetibus (Apostolic Constitution on Personal Ordinariates)

    Pope Benedict XVI · 4 November 2009

    Not read in session.

    Cited by 2 statements

  3. Agreed ecumenical statementIdentified, not independently read

    Baptist–Mennonite Theological Conversations (1989–1992): final report

    Baptist World Alliance; Mennonite World Conference · August 1992

    Meetings 1989–1992 and the August 1992 final report verified from the Pro Unione index; the report itself was not read.

    Cited by 2 statements

  4. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    Byzantium and the Rise of Russia

    John Meyendorff · Cambridge University Press · 1981

    Listed in v0.1 for the Russian Church's relations with Constantinople to the 15th century. Not read.

    Cited by 2 statements

  5. Agreed ecumenical statementIdentified, not independently read

    Called Together to be Peacemakers: Report of the International Dialogue between the Catholic Church and Mennonite World Conference, 1998–2003

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Mennonite World Conference

    Existence confirmed from the official dialogue page title; not read.

    Cited by 3 statements

  6. Official church sourceIdentified, not independently read

    Catechism of the Catholic Church

    Holy See · 1992; 2nd ed. 1997

    Table of contents opened in session (includes 'The Seven Sacraments of the Church', 'The Transmission of Divine Revelation', 'Grace and Justification'); paragraphs were not read. Treated as identified.

    Cited by 19 statements

  7. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    Chicago–Lambeth Quadrilateral

    Lambeth Conference · 1888

    Not read in session; cited in the v0.1 editorial text.

    Cited by 1 statement

  8. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

    Diarmaid MacCulloch · Allen Lane · 2009

    Gemini SRC-15. General history; identified for human review of Reformation-era claims. Not read.

    Cited by 11 statements

  9. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO)

    Holy See · 1990 · cc. 27–28 (church sui iuris; rite)

    Canonical definition of church sui iuris and rite. Not read in session.

    Cited by 8 statements

  10. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church, from Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence

    Henry Chadwick · Oxford University Press · 2003

    Standard scholarly account of the gradual estrangement. Identified for human review; not read in session.

    Cited by 5 statements

  11. Agreed ecumenical statementIdentified, not independently read

    First Agreed Statement (Christology)

    Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches · 20–24 June 1989, Anba Bishoy Monastery, Egypt

    Date, place and title verified from the Pro Unione dialogue index; the text itself was not read in session.

    Cited by 1 statement

  12. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    Formula of Concord (Epitome and Solid Declaration), in the Book of Concord (1580)

    1577

    bookofconcord.org refused automated access in session; the text was not read directly. Cited only alongside verified sources.

    Cited by 3 statements

  13. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions: The Church 450–680 A.D.

    John Meyendorff · St Vladimir's Seminary Press · 1989

    Listed in the Gemini bibliography (SRC-04). Identified, not read.

    Cited by 3 statements

  14. Agreed ecumenical statementIdentified, not independently read

    Official Common Statement and Annex to the Joint Declaration

    Lutheran World Federation; Catholic Church · 1999

    Could not be fetched in session (vatican.va error). Its existence and confirming role are attested by the 2004 Kasper–Noko letter (verified). Needs human reading.

    Cited by 1 statement

  15. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite)

    Second Vatican Council · 21 November 1964

    Not read in session.

    Cited by 1 statement

  16. Reference workIdentified, not independently read

    Russian Orthodox Church

    Wikipedia

    Tertiary discovery aid. The v0.1 build spot-checked the dates 988, 1325, 1439, 1448, 1589, 1721, 1917 and 2018 against it; it is never the sole basis of a verified claim.

    Cited by 5 statements

  17. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness

    H. Leon McBeth · Broadman Press · 1987

    Standard history of Baptist origins, including Smyth, Helwys and contacts with Dutch Mennonites. Not read.

    Cited by 5 statements

  18. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    The Church of the East: A Concise History

    Wilhelm Baum and Dietmar W. Winkler · RoutledgeCurzon · 2003

    Gemini SRC-14. Identified, not read. Cited for the synods of 410/424 and the 16th-century union that produced the Chaldean Catholic Church.

    Cited by 5 statements

  19. Official church sourceIdentified, not independently read

    The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

    Aymro Wondmagegnehu and Joachim Motovu (eds) · Ethiopian Orthodox Mission, Addis Ababa · 1970

    The church's own account of its history, including the 1959 patriarchate. Not read.

    Cited by 1 statement

  20. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    The Heidelberg Catechism

    1563

    Not read in session.

    Cited by 1 statement

  21. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century

    Vinson Synan · Eerdmans · 1997

    Standard history of Pentecostalism's Wesleyan-Holiness roots. Not read in session.

    Cited by 7 statements

  22. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity

    Timothy (Kallistos) Ware · Penguin · new ed. 2015

    Standard introduction (Gemini SRC-03; also listed in v0.1). Not read in session.

    Cited by 35 statements

  23. Primary textIdentified, not independently read

    The Schleitheim Confession (Brotherly Union)

    1527

    Not read in session.

    Cited by 2 statements

  24. Agreed ecumenical statementIdentified, not independently read

    The Word of God in the Life of the Church: Report of International Conversations between the Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance 2006–2010

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Baptist World Alliance

    Existence confirmed from the official dialogue page title; not read.

    Cited by 2 statements

  25. ScholarshipIdentified, not independently read

    Wesley and the People Called Methodists

    Richard P. Heitzenrater · Abingdon Press · 1995

    Not read.

    Cited by 2 statements

Agreements and dialogues

What was agreed, what remains open, and with what authority.

  1. 7 December 1965

    Joint Catholic–Orthodox Declaration

    Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, with his synod

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Eastern Orthodox Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    A joint act of the Church of Rome and the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Other Orthodox churches were not parties to it.

    Source

  2. 1972–present

    International Catholic–Pentecostal Dialogue

    The Catholic Church's unity office and participating Pentecostal churches and leaders

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Pentecostalism

    Agreed

    Standing

    Dialogue reports, not agreements binding the churches.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  3. 10 May 1973

    Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III

    Pope Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Coptic Orthodox Church

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    A common declaration of the two heads of church, which set up a joint commission for further study.

    Source

  4. 1973

    Leuenberg Agreement

    Lutheran, Reformed and United churches in Europe (now the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe)

    Concerns: Lutheranism (European Lutheran churches) · Reformed and Presbyterian Churches (European Reformed churches)

    Agreed

    Standing

    Adopted in 1973; 96 Protestant churches now belong to the communion on its basis. It is a European agreement, not one between all Lutheran and Reformed churches.

    Source

  5. 1981

    Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission: Final Report

    Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC I)

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Anglican Communion

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    Reports of an international commission, received with different degrees of approval by the two churches.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  6. 1989–1990

    Agreed Statements of the Joint Commission of the Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches

    Joint Commission of the Theological Dialogue (Anba Bishoy Monastery, June 1989; Chambésy, September 1990)

    Concerns: Eastern Orthodox churches · Oriental Orthodox churches

    Agreed

    • Both families condemn the Eutychian and the Nestorian heresies and confess the incarnate Word as fully divine and fully human, united 'without confusion, without change, without division and without separation'.
      Source
    • Both accept the first three ecumenical councils as common heritage; the Oriental Orthodox respond positively to the Orthodox reading of the later four councils, and the two families are in basic agreement on the veneration of icons.
      Source

    Still open

    Standing

    Agreed statements of a theological commission, addressed to the churches as recommendations.

    3 sources

  7. 1989–1992

    Baptist–Mennonite Theological Conversations

    Baptist World Alliance and Mennonite World Conference

    Concerns: Baptist Churches · Anabaptism

    Agreed

    Standing

    A bilateral conversation report of the two world bodies.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  8. 11 November 1994

    Common Christological Declaration between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

    Pope John Paul II and Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Assyrian Church of the East

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    Signed by the heads of both churches at St Peter's.

    Source

  9. 1996

    Porvoo Declaration

    Anglican churches of Britain and Ireland and Lutheran churches of the Nordic and Baltic countries

    Concerns: Anglican Communion (British and Irish Anglican churches) · Lutheranism (Nordic and Baltic Lutheran churches)

    Agreed

    • The declaration was signed at Trondheim and Tallinn in September 1996 and at Westminster Abbey in November 1996, forming the Porvoo Communion.
      Source

    Standing

    A regional communion; it does not include all Anglican or all Lutheran churches.

    Source

  10. 1998–2003

    Called Together to be Peacemakers

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Mennonite World Conference

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Anabaptism

    Agreed

    Standing

    A dialogue report; its content has not been reviewed for the Atlas.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  11. 31 October 1999

    Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

    Lutheran World Federation and Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, signed at Augsburg; later joined by the World Methodist Council (2006), the Anglican Consultative Council (2016) and the World Communion of Reformed Churches (2017)

    Concerns: Catholic Church (signatory (1999)) · Lutheranism (signatory through the Lutheran World Federation (1999)) · Methodism (associated through the World Methodist Council (2006)) · Anglican Communion (affirmed by the Anglican Consultative Council (2016)) · Reformed and Presbyterian Churches (associated through the World Communion of Reformed Churches (2017))

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    Signed in 1999 and confirmed by an Official Common Statement; the Methodist, Anglican and Reformed world communions later associated themselves with it. The Atlas has not checked reception by each member church.

    3 sources

  12. 20 July 2001

    Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, in agreement with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Eastern Catholic Churches (Chaldean Catholic Church) · Assyrian Church of the East

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    Catholic pastoral guidelines, following a CDF judgement approved by Pope John Paul II.

    Source

  13. 2003

    The Filioque: A Church-Dividing Issue?

    North American Orthodox–Catholic Theological Consultation

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Eastern Orthodox churches

    Agreed

    Still open

    Standing

    Recommendations of a regional theological consultation, not a decision of either church.

    Source

  14. 1 November 2003

    Anglican–Methodist Covenant

    Leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church in Great Britain

    Concerns: Anglican Communion (Church of England) · Methodism (Methodist Church in Great Britain)

    Agreed

    Standing

    A national covenant in Great Britain; both churches recommitted to it in 2024.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  15. 2006–2010

    The Word of God in the Life of the Church

    Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Baptist World Alliance

    Concerns: Catholic Church · Baptist Churches

    Agreed

    Standing

    A conversation report; its content has not been reviewed for the Atlas.

    Source

    Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.

  16. July 2010

    Lutheran World Federation action on the legacy of Lutheran persecution of Anabaptists

    Lutheran World Federation Assembly, Stuttgart, with Mennonite World Conference

    Concerns: Lutheranism · Anabaptism

    Agreed

    Standing

    An act of the LWF Assembly, received by Mennonite World Conference.

    Source

How the Gemini research handover was checked, claim by claim, is recorded in docs/RESEARCH_INTEGRATION.md in the source package.