Home›Christian Scriptures›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups scripture texts by the tradition that treats them as central. Wikipedia notes that in some non-theistic religions "such as some Indian religions they are considered to be the central tenets of their eternal Dharma," a different basis for sacredness than divine revelation. Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every text central to one religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedScriptures & Texts 1TraditionFilter Results39 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll380,000 (1)21,000,000 (1)22,785,195 (1)95,000,000 (1)100,000,000 (1)110,000,000 (1)260,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (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)80,000,000 (1)220,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (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 Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (20)Independent Survey (9)National Census (8)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (16)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (6)Government Disclosure (1)Journalistic or Scholarly Estimate (5)Regulator Filing (3)The Body's Own Published Statistics (3)Calendar SystemAllJulian (Old Calendar) (2)Church FamilyAllAdventist (1)Anabaptist (1)Anglican (5)Baptist (1)Church of the East (1)Eastern Catholic (2)Eastern Orthodox (10)Lutheran (3)Methodist (4)Oriental Orthodox (1)Pentecostal (1)Quaker (1)Reformed (4)Restorationist (1)Roman Catholic (1)Date of SeparationAll2022 (1)2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll451 (1)1204 (2)1527 (1)1555 (1)1560 (1)1566 (1)1571 (1)1612 (1)1653 (1)1662 (1)1795 (1)1850 (1)1863 (1)1914 (1)1925 (1)1931 (1)2019 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (1)1054 (3)1346 (1)1448 (1)1521 (1)1525 (1)1534 (2)1536 (1)1560 (1)1599 (1)1609 (1)1652 (1)1666 (1)1736 (1)1784 (1)1811 (1)1833 (1)1844 (1)1870 (1)1885 (1)1906 (1)1917 (1)2018 (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) (5)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (20)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (1)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (9)Requires no subscription to a creed (1)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (2)Strict dyophysite: two distinct natures held in two qnome (concrete hypostases), not Chalcedon's two natures in one hypostasis (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (13)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (14)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)5 (1)19 (1)21 (1)237 (1)390 (1)800 (1)1006 (1)1670 (1)1880 (1)2900 (1)4392 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (2)A 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 (12)No central authority (3)Presbyterian: governed by elders in graded courts (4)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (12)Synodal: governed by synods of clergy and lay delegates (3)Universal primacy of a single bishop (1)Health Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (3)Customary Norm (9)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (3)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (8)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2012-06-30 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllChurch Slavonic (6)Classical Armenian (Grabar) (1)Classical Syriac (4)Coptic (1)Geez (1)Georgian (1)Greek (liturgical) (5)Latin (1)The vernacular (25)Membership Figure As OfAll1629-01-01 (1)1910-01-01 (1)1912-01-01 (2)1917-01-01 (1)1923-01-01 (1)1924-01-01 (1)1939-01-01 (1)1968-01-01 (1)1970-01-01 (2)1970-12-31 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)1991-01-01 (1)2000-08-31 (1)2000-12-31 (1)2002-01-01 (1)2003-01-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2005-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (2)2007-01-01 (1)2008-01-01 (1)2009-01-01 (2)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (4)2013-01-01 (1)2014-01-01 (5)2015-01-01 (3)2016-01-01 (2)2016-12-31 (2)2017-01-01 (2)2017-10-30 (1)2017-11-08 (1)2018-01-01 (3)2019-01-01 (4)2020-01-01 (5)2021-01-01 (3)2021-03-21 (1)2021-12-31 (1)2022-01-01 (8)2022-12-31 (2)2023-01-01 (2)2023-07-01 (1)2023-08-08 (1)2023-12-31 (1)2024-01-01 (3)2024-03-01 (1)2024-08-31 (1)2024-12-31 (2)2025-01-01 (4)2026-02-01 (1)2026-08-14 (2)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Married clergy permitted (17)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Open to women and men (10)Restricted to men (18)Varies between provinces or member bodies (10)Origin Period End YearAll52 (1)337 (1)410 (1)431 (1)451 (1)600 (1)988 (1)1100 (1)1204 (1)1219 (1)1448 (1)1527 (2)1530 (1)1559 (2)1560 (1)1571 (2)1592 (1)1596 (1)1612 (1)1652 (1)1667 (1)1784 (1)1789 (1)1850 (1)1863 (1)1867 (1)1870 (1)1906 (1)1931 (1)1968 (1)1988 (1)2022 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (3)49 (1)52 (1)326 (1)390 (1)431 (1)988 (2)1219 (1)1517 (1)1525 (1)1527 (1)1534 (3)1536 (1)1560 (2)1571 (1)1596 (1)1609 (1)1647 (1)1652 (1)1738 (1)1789 (1)1844 (1)1850 (1)1870 (2)1901 (1)1968 (1)1988 (1)2022 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (3)No Communion Wide Standard (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (2)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (4)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (2)Position on PredestinationAllDouble Predestination (1)Election Affirmed Reprobation Unstated (1)Single Predestination (1)Unsettled (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (5)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)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 (8)Same-sex unions may be blessed, but ordination is not extended to partnered LGBT clergy (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (5)Position on the EucharistAllNo Communion Wide Definition (1)Sacramental Union (1)Spiritual Reception by Faith (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (3)Regulative (1)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (4)Established (3)No Establishment (11)Privileged Never Established (7)Varies by Province (11)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll2000-01-01 (1)2007-11-28 (1)2010-10-24 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (4)Settlement TotalAll500,000 (1)4,016,152.39 (1)137,300,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllFive percent. (1)Ten percent. (4)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate (1)Historic Episcopate Locally Adapted (1)Historic Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Ministry by Lawful Call (1)Status TodayAllDissolved; the community wound itself up (1)Living tradition, practised today (38)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2014 (1)2016 (2)2022 (1)2023 (2)2024 (8)2025 (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAnabaptismTradition1 entryAnglican CommunionTradition1 entryAnglicanismTradition1 entryAssyrian Church of the EastTradition1 entryBaptistTradition1 entryCalvinism (Reformed)Tradition2 entriesChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryChurch of CyprusTradition2 entriesChurch of EnglandTradition1 entryChurch of GreeceTradition2 entriesChurch of IrelandTradition1 entryChurch of ScotlandTradition1 entryChurch of SwedenTradition1 entryDutch Reformed ChurchTradition1 entryEastern OrthodoxyTradition2 entriesEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTradition2 entriesThe Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaTradition1 entryGeorgian Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesGlobal Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryGreek Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesJehovah's WitnessesTradition1 entryLutheranismTradition1 entryMaronite ChurchTradition2 entriesMethodismTradition3 entriesOld BelieversTradition2 entriesOriental OrthodoxyTradition1 entryPentecostalismTradition1 entryPresbyterianismTradition1 entryQuakerism (Religious Society of Friends)Tradition1 entryRoman CatholicismTradition3 entriesRomanian Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesRussian Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesSaint Thomas ChristiansTradition1 entrySerbian Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesSeventh-day AdventismTradition1 entryUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchTradition1 entryUkrainian Orthodox ChurchTradition2 entriesThe United Methodist ChurchTradition1 entrySources1. 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