Home›Disciples›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedA comparative heading: close followers who receive and transmit a teaching without the sending role of an apostle. The relations it gathers are defined quite differently by the traditions that hold them, and the obligations of a disciple are not the same in any two of them. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe disciples This group gathers disciples, followers and students of a teacher or founder who learn and transmit a tradition without necessarily holding the sending role of an apostle. The term is used across several traditions for the close circle around a master. The browser will find the figures the atlas classes here. The entries describe each disciple's relation to their teacher and their part in carrying the teaching forward.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-12-19 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)50 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 BCE (1)30 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBuddhismTradition4 entriesChristianityTradition5 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005The classification of religious figuresView 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.