Home›Christianity Roles›All Christianity RolesBrowse ByAll Christianity RolesReligious roles, offices and titles within Christianity, the largest such group in this atlas, spanning ordained clergy, monastic offices, and lay titles across denominations whose criteria for who may hold a role, and how it is conferred, differ sharply from one another.FactsAll Christianity RolesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Roles & Titles 1All Christianity RolesFilter Results36 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll30 (1)50 (2)100 (3)270 (1)300 (5)325 (2)350 (1)550 (2)1059 (1)1100 (1)1209 (1)1541 (1)MembershipAllMen only (2)Women only (4)Authority ScopeAllA national church or body (1)A region: a diocese, a province or an eparchy (4)No institutional authority; the standing is personal (1)One congregation, house or temple (6)The whole tradition, or a claim to it (2)Those who choose to follow this person (1)Ordination PracticeAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (4)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)Conferred by appointment from a higher authority (3)Conferred by election (4)Married clergy permitted (1)Open to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (2)Restricted to men (7)Restricted to women (3)Varies between provinces or member bodies (3)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (2)Living tradition, practised today (30)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (4)TraditionAllChristianity (36)Hellenic Polytheism (Hellenismos) (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 36AbbessChristianity RolesAbbotChristianity RolesApostleChristianity RolesArchbishopChristianity RolesArchdeaconChristianity RolesArchimandriteChristianity RolesBeguineChristianity RolesBishopChristianity RolesCardinalChristianity RolesCatholicosChristianity RolesChaplainChristianity RolesChristian Science PractitionerChristianity RolesConsecrated VirginChristianity RolesCurateChristianity RolesDeaconChristianity RolesDeaconessChristianity RolesDesert Father / Desert MotherChristianity RolesElderChristianity RolesEvangelistChristianity RolesExarchChristianity RolesFriarChristianity RolesHieromonkChristianity RolesMetropolitanChristianity RolesMinisterChristianity RolesMissionaryChristianity RolesMonkChristianity RolesMonsignorChristianity RolesNunChristianity RolesPastorChristianity RolesPatriarchChristianity RolesPopeChristianity RolesPriestChristianity RolesSaintChristianity RolesStaretsChristianity RolesSuperintendentChristianity RolesVicarChristianity RolesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (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.