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281.5281.9 Eastern churches (1). Issues in DDC treatment of Eastern Christianitylack of clarity in some structural detailsmultiplicity of names by which a church may be knownuse of names/characterizations for broader group of churches than it actually applies to use of names/characterizations
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1. 281.5-281.9 Eastern churches & 340 Law ALA Midwinter Conference
January 16, 2010
Julianne Beall
2. 281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (1) Issues in DDC treatment of Eastern Christianity
lack of clarity in some structural details
multiplicity of names by which a church may be known
use of names/characterizations for broader group of churches than it actually applies to
use of names/characterizations rejected by church referred to
need to expand for specific Orthodox churches
3. 281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (2) Branches of Eastern Christianity (comprehensive number 281.5)
Eastern Catholic churches (281.52*)
Oriental Orthodox churches (281.6–281.7)
Assyrian Church of the East (281.8)
Orthodox (a.k.a. Eastern Orthodox) churches (281.9)
Note: St. Thomas Christian churches cut across the above classification; comprehensive number at 281.54*
*Proposed expansion
4. 281.5–281.9 Eastern churches (3) Specific Orthodox churches—current:
281.94-281.99 Treatment by continent, country, locality
Add to base number 281.9 notation 4–9 from Table 2, e.g., Russian Orthodox Church 281.947, Orthodox Church in America 281.97
281.947 Russian Orthodox Church