Home›Sources›Cao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)SourcesCao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)sourceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Cao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cao-dai-encyclopediacom.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Cao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cao-dai-encyclopediacomCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-cao-dai-encyclopedia-com-excerpting-the, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Cao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/cao-dai-encyclopediacom}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXEncyclopedia.com's excerpted entries drawn from the Encyclopedia of Religion (Robert S. Ellwood) and the New Catholic Encyclopedia, giving Cao Dai's founding by Ngo Van Chieu, its Divine Eye symbolism and describing the Tay Ninh "cathedral" as a highly eclectic edifice patterned after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and fusing Buddhist, Daoist, Confucian and Roman Catholic architectural elements.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (6 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedEncyclopedia.com, excerpting Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Religion and the New Catholic EncyclopediaURLWell-attestedhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/other-religious-beliefs-and-general-terms/miscellaneous-religion/cao-daiSource TypeWell-attestedencyclopediaAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Tier two: excerpted entries from two edited academic reference works (the Encyclopedia of Religion and the New Catholic Encyclopedia), used here to independently corroborate the founding date, founder and architectural description.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithNgo Van Chieu, Historical Figures Well-attested This source names Ngo Van Chieu directly: "giving Cao Dai's founding by Ngo Van Chieu, its Divine Eye symbolism and describing the Tay Ninh "cathedral" as a highly eclectic edifice patterned after St."Source Cao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)tier 2Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested5SourcesCao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)Holds1SourcesCao Dai (Encyclopedia.com, excerpting the Encyclopedia of Religion and New Catholic Encyclopedia)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year