Union of Brest

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The Union of Brest was a 1596 religious agreement that brought several Eastern Orthodox dioceses of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth into communion with the Roman Catholic Church while allowing them to retain the Byzantine rite.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Union of Brest canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church union ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious union ⓘ
allowedRite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
canonicalStatus recognized by the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
country Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1596 ⓘ
endTime 1596 ⓘ
followedBy Union of Lublin (church union context in later Eastern Catholic developments) ⓘ
linked to: Union of Lublin

Union of Uzhhorod ⓘ
hasConsequences confessional conflicts in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
formation of Belarusian Greek Catholic Church tradition ⓘ
formation of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church tradition ⓘ
hasEffect brought several Eastern Orthodox dioceses into communion with the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
created the Ruthenian Uniate Church ⓘ
originated the Greek Catholic Church tradition in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
hasPart Articles of Union ⓘ
historicalPeriod Counter-Reformation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Church Slavonic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
location Brest ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
opposedBy Cossacks ⓘ
Orthodox brotherhoods ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
partOf Catholic Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Counter-Reformation
presentDayLocation Brest, Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)
religiousDenominationInvolved Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Ruthenian Uniate Church ⓘ
religiousRiteRetained Byzantine Rite ⓘ
resultedIn communion with the Pope ⓘ
preservation of Eastern liturgical traditions within the Catholic Church ⓘ
recognition of papal supremacy by Ruthenian bishops ⓘ
signedIn Brest ⓘ
linked to: Brest (Belarus)
significantFor history of Belarus ⓘ
history of Ukraine ⓘ
history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
startTime 1595 ⓘ
supportedBy King Sigismund III Vasa ⓘ
linked to: Sigismund III Vasa

Ruthenian Catholic bishops ⓘ
topic Catholic–Orthodox relations ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
religious policy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1596 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Union of Uzhhorod → relatedTo → Union of Brest ⓘ
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → unionWithRomeRootedIn → Union of Brest ⓘ
subject linked to: UGCC
Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych → movement → Union of Brest ⓘ
Union of Ungvár → relatedTo → Union of Brest ⓘ
Ruthenian Orthodox Church → notableEvent → Union of Brest ⓘ
Ivan Kuntsevych → supported → Union of Brest ⓘ