Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holy See of the East

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The result was delete. $Salvio giuliano$ 19:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Holy See of the East[edit]

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The concept of "Holy See of the East" is not mentioned in sources cited. It appears to be used exclusively as a synonym for the Catholicos of the East. Article is mostly an unsourced jumble. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:33, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Christianity, Iraq, and India. Pbritti (talk) 17:33, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse Delete for the reasons given by @Pbritti. --Jahaza (talk) 17:54, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The term is not mentioned in any of the article's source's and I can't find any mention of the Holy See of the East in any reliable sources (nothing turns up in a Google Books or Google Scholar search, which you'd expect if the term was in even limited use by theologians or Church historians). WJ94 (talk) 18:02, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- This is a muddle. It might be reduced to a list article dealing with the heads of churches that claim the title, a topic that seems to be covered in the lead section. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:42, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Peterkingiron: I was actually going to propose that originally until, upon review, I couldn't find the title in regular usage by any group. The title seems to have largely originated on Wikipedia, with almost all reference to it either citing Wikipedia or being a mirror site. Textual sources on Eastern Christianity–particularly "Nestorian" and Syriac Christianity–refer to a Catholicos of the East with regularity, but there is never reference to a "Holy See of the East". My guess is that the concept is an invention. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.