Home›Dietary Practices›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups practices by the culture that gives them their inherited meaning. Wikipedia notes that Roman religious cultus was "an activity fundamental to Roman identity even when Rome as a political center had become fully urbanized." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every practice belonging to one culture together, rather than finding them scattered by category.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe keeping of a tradition's food rules as an ongoing discipline, as distinct from the rules themselves, which the atlas records as beliefs. What is kept differs in kind - a legal standard of permitted species and slaughter, a vow of restricted fare for a set period, an abstention grounded in non-injury - and these do not substitute for one another. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1Learn MoreThe dietary practices This group gathers dietary practices, the religious disciplines governing what, when and how the faithful eat: fasting, abstinence, vegetarianism, and rules of permitted and forbidden food. Diet is a daily and visible marker of religious identity and discipline in many traditions. The browser will find dietary practices from various traditions. The entries describe each practice's rules and rationale, noting the tradition that prescribes it.TraditionFilter Results29 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll17,887,212 (1)22,785,195 (1)260,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll17,887,212 (1)22,785,195 (1)220,000,000 (1)Basis of the Education 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 (6)Independent Survey (14)National Census (9)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (13)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllJournalistic or Scholarly Estimate (6)Regulator Filing (2)The Body's Own Published Statistics (2)Calendar SystemAllJulian (Old Calendar) (2)Church FamilyAllAdventist (1)Eastern Catholic (1)Eastern Orthodox (10)Latter Day Saint (1)Oriental Orthodox (5)Date of Separation End YearAll451 (2)900 (1)1204 (1)1815 (1)1830 (1)1850 (1)1863 (1)1876 (1)1913 (1)1925 (1)2019 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (4)760 (1)1054 (2)1346 (1)1448 (1)1666 (1)1772 (1)1810 (1)1811 (1)1830 (1)1833 (1)1844 (1)1883 (1)1885 (1)1993 (1)2018 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllChalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (11)Halakha binding and not subject to historical revision (2)Halakha binding, but developing through scholarship (1)Halakha binding, with secular education, work and civic participation affirmed rather than merely tolerated (1)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (2)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (3)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 (10)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (2)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The tzaddik or rebbe as spiritual intermediary and head of the community (2)The written Torah alone; the rabbinic Oral Torah not accepted (1)The written Torah alone; the rabbinic Oral Torah not accepted (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (4)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (4)Vishnu as the supreme reality (1)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)5 (1)6 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2026-03-29 (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (2)Authority in a living teacher and their succession (1)Authority in trained scholars, with no central office (3)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (2)Episcopal: governed by bishops (4)No central authority (8)Priestly office passing by descent (1)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (14)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (3)Codified Obligation, Ruled Unenforceable (1)Customary Norm (4)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (3)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (2)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2025-12-31 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllAramaic (3)Church Slavonic (6)Classical Arabic (1)Classical Armenian (Grabar) (2)Classical Syriac (1)Coptic (2)Geez (4)Georgian (1)Greek (liturgical) (5)Hebrew (8)Sanskrit (1)The vernacular (6)Membership Figure As OfAll1910-01-01 (1)1912-01-01 (2)1917-01-01 (1)1923-01-01 (1)1924-01-01 (1)1939-01-01 (1)1970-12-31 (1)1971-12-31 (1)1991-01-01 (1)1991-05-25 (1)1996-01-01 (1)2000-04-01 (1)2000-12-31 (2)2002-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2007-01-01 (2)2008-01-01 (2)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (4)2013-01-01 (5)2014-01-01 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2016-12-31 (1)2017-10-30 (1)2017-11-08 (1)2018-01-01 (2)2020-01-01 (3)2021-01-01 (2)2021-05-11 (1)2021-05-12 (1)2022-01-01 (6)2022-05-03 (1)2023-04-29 (1)2024-01-01 (3)2024-03-01 (1)2024-12-31 (1)2026-08-14 (1)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Celibacy required of the ordained (1)Married clergy permitted (17)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)No successor by deliberate choice (1)Office passes by descent (3)Open to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (1)Restricted to men (20)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (2)Origin Period End YearAll52 (1)301 (1)337 (1)340 (2)431 (1)451 (2)900 (1)988 (1)1200 (1)1204 (1)1219 (1)1448 (1)1596 (1)1600 (1)1667 (1)1772 (1)1797 (1)1810 (1)1830 (1)1850 (2)1863 (1)1913 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll200 BCE (1)30 (2)42 (1)49 (1)295 (1)320 (2)326 (1)431 (1)760 (1)988 (2)1219 (1)1300 (1)1596 (1)1652 (1)1740 (1)1775 (1)1800 (2)1802 (1)1820 (1)1844 (1)1845 (1)1850 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (1)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (7)Position on SexualityAllSame-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 (11)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (2)Established (1)No Establishment (5)Privileged Never Established (7)Varies by Province (3)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll1838-07-08 (1)2007-11-28 (1)2010-10-24 (1)2019-01-01 (1)Settlement TotalAll500,000 (1)995,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (4)Standing as a Comparative CategoryAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (29)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll1997 (1)2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2014 (1)2016 (1)2018 (1)2019 (1)2023 (1)2025 (1)2026 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareArmenian Apostolic ChurchTradition1 entryBeta IsraelTradition1 entryBreslov HasidismTradition1 entryChabad-LubavitchTradition1 entryChurch of CyprusTradition1 entryChurch of GreeceTradition1 entryConservative JudaismTradition1 entryCoptic OrthodoxyTradition1 entryEastern OrthodoxyTradition1 entryEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTradition1 entryEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryGeorgian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryGreek Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryHaredi JudaismTradition1 entryHasidic JudaismTradition1 entryKaraite JudaismTradition1 entryLatter-day Saints (Mormonism)Tradition1 entryModern Orthodox JudaismTradition1 entryOld BelieversTradition1 entryOriental OrthodoxyTradition1 entryOrthodox JudaismTradition1 entryRomanian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryRussian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entrySerbian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entrySeventh-day AdventismTradition1 entryUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchTradition1 entryUkrainian Orthodox ChurchTradition1 entryVaishnavismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionstier 1John Bowker (ed.), Oxford University Press, 1997View 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.