Home›Apocrypha›Excluded From CanonBrowse ByExcluded From CanonThis page groups scripture texts by whether a tradition has specifically ruled them out of its canon. Wikipedia notes that "sects of Islam differ on which hadiths (if any) should be accepted as canonical," a live debate over exclusion rather than a settled question. Browsing this way lets a visitor find every text a particular tradition has actively excluded rather than simply never considered.FactsExcluded From CanonSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedScriptures & Texts 1Excluded From CanonFilter Results18 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll380,000 (1)21,000,000 (1)22,785,195 (1)95,000,000 (1)100,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll380,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)9,043,460 (1)22,785,195 (1)53,871,526 (1)78,000,000 (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (15)Independent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (6)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (2)Government Disclosure (1)Regulator Filing (3)The Body's Own Published Statistics (2)Church FamilyAllAdventist (1)Anabaptist (1)Baptist (1)Lutheran (3)Methodist (4)Pentecostal (1)Quaker (1)Reformed (4)Restorationist (1)Date of SeparationAll2022 (1)2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1527 (1)1555 (2)1560 (1)1566 (1)1612 (1)1662 (1)1795 (1)1863 (1)1914 (1)1931 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1517 (1)1521 (1)1525 (1)1536 (1)1560 (1)1609 (1)1652 (1)1784 (1)1844 (1)1870 (1)1906 (1)1917 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllChalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (2)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (4)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Requires no subscription to a creed (1)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (2)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (10)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (6)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)1006 (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Business decided by the gathered meeting seeking unity, without clergy (1)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (3)Connexional: congregations bound in a conference with itinerant ministry (4)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (1)Episcopal: governed by bishops (3)No central authority (2)Presbyterian: governed by elders in graded courts (4)Synodal: governed by synods of clergy and lay delegates (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (2)Customary Norm (5)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (5)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2012-06-30 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllThe vernacular (18)Membership Figure As OfAll1968-01-01 (1)1970-01-01 (1)1970-12-31 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)2000-08-31 (1)2000-12-31 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (2)2009-01-01 (2)2010-01-01 (2)2013-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (2)2015-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2017-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (1)2019-01-01 (3)2020-01-01 (3)2021-12-31 (1)2022-01-01 (1)2022-12-31 (2)2023-01-01 (1)2023-07-01 (1)2023-08-08 (1)2024-08-31 (1)2024-12-31 (1)2025-01-01 (4)2026-02-01 (1)2026-08-14 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Open to women and men (7)Restricted to men (5)Varies between provinces or member bodies (9)Origin Period End YearAll1527 (2)1530 (1)1555 (1)1559 (1)1560 (1)1571 (1)1592 (1)1612 (1)1652 (1)1784 (1)1863 (1)1870 (1)1906 (1)1931 (1)1968 (1)1988 (1)2022 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1517 (2)1525 (1)1527 (1)1536 (1)1560 (2)1571 (1)1609 (1)1647 (1)1738 (1)1844 (1)1870 (2)1901 (1)1968 (1)1988 (1)2022 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (2)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (2)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (1)Position on PredestinationAllDouble Predestination (1)Single Predestination (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (4)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (3)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (3)Position on the EucharistAllSacramental Union (1)Spiritual Reception by Faith (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (1)Regulative (1)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (1)Established (1)No Establishment (7)Privileged Never Established (2)Varies by Province (6)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll2000-01-01 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (2)Settlement TotalAll4,016,152.39 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (2)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Ministry by Lawful Call (1)Status TodayAllDissolved; the community wound itself up (1)Living tradition, practised today (17)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2016 (1)2022 (1)2023 (1)2024 (4)2025 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAnabaptismExcluded From Canon1 entryBaptistExcluded From Canon1 entryCalvinism (Reformed)Excluded From Canon1 entryChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchExcluded From Canon1 entryChurch of ScotlandExcluded From Canon1 entryChurch of SwedenExcluded From Canon2 entriesDutch Reformed ChurchExcluded From Canon1 entryEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaExcluded From Canon2 entriesGlobal Methodist ChurchExcluded From Canon1 entryJehovah's WitnessesExcluded From Canon1 entryLutheranismExcluded From Canon2 entriesMethodismExcluded From Canon1 entryPentecostalismExcluded From Canon1 entryPresbyterianismExcluded From Canon1 entryProtestantismExcluded From Canon1 entryQuakerism (Religious Society of Friends)Excluded From Canon1 entrySeventh-day AdventismExcluded From Canon1 entryThe United Methodist ChurchExcluded From Canon1 entrySources1. 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