The Emergence Machine

Church

abstract · Religion · Level 11 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A church is a community of people with shared religious beliefs and a structured organization.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “church” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “church”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
church
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0ChurchReligionBeliefCultureSocietyThought… intermediate l…BeingFormStructureInformationActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAbendmusikL12HodegetriaL12PostludeL12Queen Of The Apo…L12ChurchL11BeingL2FormL2StructureL2ReligionL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Being L2 (requires)
    A church is a community of people, which requires understanding what it is to be a being with shared beliefs and structure.
  • Form L2 (requires)
    church requires understanding form as a foundational concept
  • Structure L2 (requires) organization sense
    church requires understanding structure as a foundational concept
  • Religion L10 (requires)
    This is a specific religious tradition; understanding religion as a concept comes first

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