Home›Core Tenets›Status Within the Tradition›Defined and binding within this traditionBrowse ByDefined and binding within this traditionThis page groups beliefs by their standing within a body of teaching. Wikipedia notes that "beliefs are the subject of various important philosophical debates," including how "fine-grained or coarse-grained" a given belief actually is. Browsing by status-within-the-tradition lets a visitor tell a settled belief from a contested one.FactsLearn MoreDefined and binding within this traditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe central affirmations of a tradition, stated one at a time. What counts as a core tenet is set by each tradition, and traditions differ over whether assent to stated propositions is what makes a member: creedal Christianity and Islam draw such lists explicitly, while Judaism, Hinduism and most Indigenous traditions do not. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 4Learn MoreThe core tenets This group gathers the core tenets of the traditions, the central affirmations and defining beliefs that stand at the heart of a religion or worldview, the doctrines a tradition holds as essential to its identity. It is the largest belief grouping in the atlas. The browser will find the core tenets the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each belief in its own terms, distinguishing what a tradition affirms of itself from the historical and comparative perspective of scholarship.Defined and binding within this traditionFilter Results16 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll325 (4)451 (1)1150 (1)1215 (1)1546 (1)1854 (1)1870 (1)Affirmation OfAllOriginal sin (1)Papal primacy and infallibility (1)Purgatory (1)Resurrection (1)The Filioque (1)Trinity (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (2)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (2)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (2)American Humanist Association (1)Amish (2)Anabaptism (2)Anglican Communion (2)Anglicanism (2)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Assyrian Church of the East (4)Baptist (2)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2)Church of Cyprus (4)Church of England (2)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (2)Church of Greece (4)Church of Ireland (2)Church of Scotland (2)Church of Sweden (2)Church of the Nazarene (2)Churches of Christ (2)Community of Christ (2)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Disciples of Christ (2)Dutch Reformed Church (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (4)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (4)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethical Culture (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2)Evangelicalism (2)Free Methodist Church (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (4)Global Methodist Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (4)Humanists International (1)Ismailism (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (2)Maronite Church (6)Mennonites (2)Methodism (2)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (2)Old Believers (4)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Pentecostalism (2)Presbyterianism (2)Progressive National Baptist Convention (2)Protestantism (2)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (2)Roman Catholicism (10)Romanian Orthodox Church (4)Russian Orthodox Church (4)Serbian Orthodox Church (4)Seventh-day Adventism (2)Shia (Twelver) (1)The Episcopal Church (2)The United Methodist Church (2)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (6)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (4)Wesleyan Church (2)Zaidiyyah (1)SubjectAllDeath, rebirth and destiny (1)Human nature (2)Religious authority and succession (5)Ritual and worship (1)Sacred history: what happened (2)The nature of the divine (5)ObligationAllObligatory (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 16Chalcedonian Christology (Two Natures in One Person)Defined and binding within this traditionEcumenical Councils Continue and Are Confirmed by the PopeDefined and binding within this traditionHuman beings are responsible for their own meaning and purposeDefined and binding within this traditionHuman Beings Author Their Own Acts and God Judges Them JustlyDefined and binding within this traditionOriginal Sin as Inherited Guilt Removed in BaptismDefined and binding within this traditionPapal primacy and infallibilityDefined and binding within this traditionPurgatoryDefined and binding within this traditionThe Filioque: The Spirit Proceeds From the Father and the SonDefined and binding within this traditionThe Holy TrinityDefined and binding within this traditionThe Immaculate Conception and bodily Assumption of MaryDefined and binding within this traditionThe resurrection of ChristDefined and binding within this traditionThe Seven Ecumenical Councils as the Complete Dogmatic DepositDefined and binding within this traditionThe Three Ecumenical Councils as the Complete Dogmatic DepositDefined and binding within this traditionThe Two Ecumenical Councils as the Complete Dogmatic DepositDefined and binding within this traditionTransubstantiationDefined and binding within this traditionTwo Qnome in One Parsopa, the Christology of the Church of the EastDefined and binding within this traditionSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source3. Belief, Language, and Experiencetier 1Rodney Needham, Basil Blackwell, 19724. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.