Home›Devotional Practices›Who Performs It›Clergy or ordained officiantsBrowse ByClergy or ordained officiantsThis page groups practices by who actually carries them out. Wikipedia notes that in the Catholic Church, cultus "is the technical term for Roman Catholic devotions or veneration extended to a particular saint," a practice of ordinary believers rather than clergy alone. Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a practice open to any adherent from one reserved for a specialist.FactsLearn MoreClergy or ordained officiantsSourcesComments (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.Clergy or ordained officiantsFilter Results19 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-195 (1)375 (1)700 (1)1195 (1)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone or together (9)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (10)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (2)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (2)Anglican Communion (6)Anglicanism (6)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (2)Church of Cyprus (9)Church of England (6)Church of Greece (9)Church of Ireland (6)Church of Sweden (6)Church of the Nazarene (2)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Eastern Orthodoxy (10)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (9)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (6)Free Methodist Church (2)Georgian Orthodox Church (9)Global Methodist Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (9)Irani Zoroastrianism (1)Lutheranism (6)Methodism (2)Moravian Church (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Roman Catholicism (12)Romanian Orthodox Church (9)Russian Orthodox Church (9)Serbian Orthodox Church (9)The Episcopal Church (6)The United Methodist Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (9)Wesleyan Church (2)Category of PracticeAllDevotional (8)Practice StatusAllHistorical; not practised continuously (3)Living tradition, practised today (14)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (18)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAs the occasion requires (1)Continuous: a standing discipline, not an event (2)Daily (10)Seasonal, at set points in the year (2)Weekly (1)ObligationAllObligatory (5)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (4)In GroupAllAncient and Historical Religious Practices (2)Christian Devotional Practices (11)East Asian Devotional Practices (2)Zoroastrian Devotional Practices (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19BlessingClergy or ordained officiantsComplineClergy or ordained officiantsConsecrationClergy or ordained officiantsDaily Temple Ritual (Cult Image Service)Clergy or ordained officiantsIntinctionClergy or ordained officiantsLaudsClergy or ordained officiantsLiturgical ColorsClergy or ordained officiantsLiturgy of the HoursClergy or ordained officiantsMatinsClergy or ordained officiantsNone (Ninth Hour)Clergy or ordained officiantsNorito recitationClergy or ordained officiantsPrimeClergy or ordained officiantsRoman Imperial CultClergy or ordained officiantsSermonClergy or ordained officiantsSextClergy or ordained officiantsShidianClergy or ordained officiantsTending the sacred fireClergy or ordained officiantsTerceClergy or ordained officiantsVespersClergy or ordained officiantsSources1. 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.