Home›Devotional Practices›Origin Period Start Year›12th centuryBrowse By12th centuryThis page groups practices by the year their recorded history begins. Wikipedia notes that "the term 'cult' first appeared in English in 1617," even though the underlying Latin concept is far older. Browsing by start year lets a visitor see how far back a practice's documented use in its own language reaches.FactsLearn More12th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe sustained acts by which adherents attend to a deity, ancestor or holy figure - prayer at fixed hours, recitation and chant, offerings at a shrine or home altar, veneration of saints and images, pilgrimage. It is the widest and loosest of these groupings and holds acts that are obligatory in one tradition and freely optional in another. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1ComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 3Learn MoreThe Devotional Practices This group gathers devotional practices, the acts by which the faithful express love, reverence and dependence toward the divine: prayer, worship, praise, offering, the reciting of names and the observance of daily and seasonal devotion. It is the largest practice grouping in the atlas, reflecting how central devotion is to religious life. The browser will find devotional practices from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each practice's form, purpose and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and how it is performed.12th centuryFilter Results4 entriesSolitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (2)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (1)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1)Anglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1)Church of Cyprus (1)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (1)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (1)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (1)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (1)Global Methodist Church (1)Greek Orthodox Church (1)Lutheranism (1)Maronite Church (1)Methodism (1)Moravian Church (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (1)Roman Catholicism (3)Romanian Orthodox Church (1)Russian Orthodox Church (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (1)The Episcopal Church (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (3)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (4)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (2)Once, or at a turning point in a life (1)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)ObligationAllObligatory (1)Optional and voluntary (1)In GroupAllChristian Devotional Practices (3)Hindu Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4Bhajan12th centuryEucharistic adoration12th centuryLiturgical Colors12th centurySeven Sacraments12th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the Source3. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View 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.