Home›Denominations›Ordination Practice›Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationBrowse ByOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationThis page groups denominations by how they recognize a member as a minister. Wikipedia notes that Jehovah's Witnesses "consider an adherent's qualified baptism to constitute his ordination as a minister," a markedly different practice from a seminary-trained clergy. Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how differently denominations of the same religion set someone apart for ministry.FactsLearn MoreOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedBranches, schools and movements within a parent tradition and grouped under it: churches and confessions, schools of law and of philosophy, ordination lineages and reform movements. What counts as a branch is a distinction the parent tradition makes, not one cross-religious rule. 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: denomination is a term of art from English-speaking Protestantism. It maps poorly onto a Hindu sampradaya, an Islamic madhhab, a Buddhist vehicle or a Taoist ordination lineage, none of which is a separate church. 2OriginsOrigin of the NameWell-attestedFrom Latin denominatio, a naming. The word entered religious use among English-speaking Protestants for bodies that recognise one another as legitimately named parts of one church; its export to other religions is an analogy. 2Learn MoreBranches within a tradition A denomination is a distinct branch, school or movement within a larger religious tradition: the churches and confessions of Christianity, the schools of Buddhism, the schools of law and theology in Islam, the movements of Judaism, and the sampradayas and movements of Hinduism. The category also holds the divisions of smaller and newer traditions. Each entry records the parent tradition, what distinguishes the branch in belief, practice or authority, and, where known, when and how it emerged: often through reform, schism, revival or the following of a particular teacher.Reading the Divisions Divisions within a religion arise for many reasons (disputes over doctrine, authority, ritual, or the interpretation of scripture, and sometimes ethnic, political or regional difference as much as theology), and the entries describe the grounds of each without taking a side in it. What one tradition calls a school, another calls a sect or a movement, and the terminology itself can carry judgement; the atlas uses neutral description. The denominations group under their parent religion, so a browser can move from a tradition to its internal branches (the denominations of Christianity, of Buddhism, of Islam), in a single step.Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationFilter Results28 entriesFounded ByAllNichiren (1)Shastriji Maharaj (1)Wang Chongyang (1)Zhiyi (1)Origin EraAll250 BCE (1)100 BCE (1)100 (2)400 (1)500 (1)538 (1)600 (1)750 (1)755 (1)805 (1)806 (1)1050 (1)1073 (1)1100 (1)1167 (1)1191 (1)1200 (1)1227 (1)1253 (1)1290 (1)1294 (1)1300 (1)1409 (1)1550 (1)1686 (1)1760 (1)1907 (1)Establishment StatusAllPrivileged Never Established (1)Varies by Province (1)Adherents BandAllno count isolating this lineage exists (1)Parent ReligionAllBuddhism (19)Jainism (3)Judaism (1)Sikhism (2)Taoism (2)Originated InAllChina (4)Ethiopia (1)Gujarat (1)India (2)Indian Subcontinent (1)Japan (5)Maharashtra (1)Punjab (2)Rajasthan (2)Tibet (8)Liturgical LanguageAllArdhamagadhi Prakrit (2)Classical Chinese (read in Sino-Japanese where used in Japan) (12)Classical Tibetan (8)Geez (1)Jain Shauraseni Prakrit (1)Pali (1)Punjabi in Gurmukhi script (2)Sanskrit (7)The vernacular (1)PolityAllA head temple over affiliated branch temples (8)Authority in a living teacher and their succession (2)Authority in recognised reincarnate lineages (7)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (14)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (1)Lay boards or trusts govern, alongside the priesthood (2)No central authority (4)Priestly office passing by descent (2)Practice StatusAllIn active religious use (2)Living tradition, practised today (27)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Parent DenominationAllKagyu (1)Mahayana (2)Tibetan Buddhism (5)Vajrayana (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 28BAPS Swaminarayan SansthaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationBeta IsraelOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationDigambaraOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationDragon GateOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationGelugOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationJonangOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationKagyuOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationKarma KagyuOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationMahayanaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationNichirenOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationNichiren ShoshuOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationNirmalaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationNyingmaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationPure LandOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationQuanzhen (Complete Reality)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationRinzaiOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationSakyaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationShingonOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationSotoOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationSvetambaraOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationTendaiOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationTerapanthOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationTheravadaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationTiantaiOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationTibetan BuddhismOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationUdasiOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationVajrayanaOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationZenOrdination is into a monastic order, not to a congregationSources1. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997s.v. denominationView the Source2. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005s.v. DenominationalismView the SourceDivinity 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.