Home›Catholic Religious Orders and Congregations›Rooted InBrowse ByRooted InThis page groups religious orders by the spiritual lineage they claim to descend from. Wikipedia notes that Sufi orders each keep a chain of transmission and that "almost all orders trace their silsila back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad." Browsing by rooted-in lets a visitor trace an order back to the figure its own claimed lineage begins with.FactsRooted InSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Rooted InFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll1,406,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll1,406,000,000 (1)Bankruptcy FilingsAll28 (1)Basis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Health Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (1)Church FamilyAllRoman Catholic (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1204 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1054 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAffirms the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (1)Documented Accused CountAll19 (1)21 (1)237 (1)800 (1)1670 (1)1880 (1)2900 (1)4392 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)GovernanceAllEpiscopal: governed by bishops (1)Universal primacy of a single bishop (1)Health Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllObligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (1)The vernacular (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2007-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (1)2024-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllCelibacy required of the ordained (1)Married clergy permitted (1)Restricted to men (1)Origin Period End YearAll1100 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (1)Place of OriginAllRome (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Relation to the StateAllVaries by Province (1)Settlement TotalAll1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2024 (1)Show ResultsRoman CatholicismRooted In60 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.