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Mohit M. Rao (February 6, 2016). "Article retracted after 'overlapping text' from Wikipedia found". The Hindu.

The content of Reincarnationism was merged into Reincarnation on 27 August 2023. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

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Section size for Reincarnation (49 sections)
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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	7,845	7,845	303	303
Conceptual definitions	6,872	6,872	356	356
History	13	55,253	0	3,703
Origins	631	631	40	40
Early Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism	13,835	21,139	679	880
Comparison	7,304	7,304	201	201
Classical Greek Philosophy	4,142	7,120	342	620
Mystery cults	1,745	1,745	144	144
Later authors	1,233	1,233	134	134
Celtic paganism	2,972	2,972	254	254
Germanic paganism	527	527	65	65
Judaism	2,538	2,538	269	269
Christianity	3,218	4,590	188	341
Gnosticism	1,372	1,372	153	153
Taoism	944	944	88	88
European Middle Ages	1,522	1,522	108	108
Renaissance and Early Modern period	1,623	1,623	111	111
19th to 20th centuries	11,634	11,634	927	927
Religions and philosophies	34	80,225	0	6,027
Buddhism	12,096	12,096	717	717
Christianity	5,243	11,200	221	520
Early	5,056	5,056	200	200
Roman Catholic Church	901	901	99	99
Druze	1,786	1,786	184	184
Hinduism	7,613	7,613	547	547
Islam	2,052	3,199	153	214
Ghulat sects	1,147	1,147	61	61
Jainism	7,140	7,140	879	879
Judaism	7,719	7,719	636	636
Inuit	937	937	62	62
Ho-Chunk	1,890	1,890	86	86
Sikhism	2,788	2,788	173	173
Traditional African religions	988	10,584	46	761
Yoruba	8,386	8,386	633	633
Serer religion	1,210	1,210	82	82
New religious and spiritual movements	76	13,239	0	1,248
Spiritism	5,325	5,325	517	517
Theosophy	1,658	1,658	144	144
Anthroposophy	1,853	1,853	107	107
Modern astrology	1,450	1,450	141	141
Scientology	2,110	2,110	246	246
Wicca	767	767	93	93
Reincarnation and science	2,146	15,803	152	1,036
Claims of memories of past lives	8,639	8,639	561	561
Past life regression	5,018	5,018	323	323
See also	396	396	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Sources	388	388	0	0
External links	937	937	0	0
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Someone please add a sentence using this as a reference here. I dunno how.

Roman Catholic Church

Witht the oldid of 24 October 2024 it was added the section titled "Roman Catholic church":

Citing Hebrews 9,27 ("27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation."), the Catechism of the Catholic Church completely rejects any doctrine of reincarnation.^[1]

The prevoius WP article didn't mention the official position of the Roman Catholic Church on reincarnation -as it is very clearly expressed in the Cathechism (at n°. 1013)-, nor it mentioned Hebrews 9,27-28, which is one of the more meaningful biblical statements concerning the subject matter.

Sot, those aspect have been integrated into the WP article.

References

^ "Catechism of the Catholic Church". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. p. 264. There is no "reincarnation" after death (n°. 1913).

80.183.18.77 (talk) 11:14, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Socrates

He only suggested it MIGHT exist, not that it definitely did exist. He wouldn't want to assert something without proof that it did 97.118.144.102 (talk) 01:09, 30 May 2025 (UTC) -TurtlesPhis Socratic Side[reply]

Revising Page Structure

This page has a history section and religion/philosophies section. The history section is good for providing context but I don't see the utility of having so much detail per tradition in the history section since there are subsections for it afterwards. Also, while the history subsections are labeled by time period, the content seems like it is divided by philosophical traditions aligning with geographical areas. For example, nearly all of the 19th and 20th century subsection focuses on American and European developments, which gives a misleading impression that other traditions were not thinking about this concept at the same time.

I was thinking it would be useful to reformat the page to better convey the concept of reincarnation. The history section can be condensed to give an overview of a general timeline before going into detailed description of how the concept varies across traditions. Would appreciate input from other editors to help improve this page's readability and avoid repetition. Swirlymarigold (talk) 12:48, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Catechism of the Catholic Church". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. p. 264. There is no "reincarnation" after death (n°. 1913).

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