Home›Hymnal›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups musical works by the religion that produced them. Wikipedia notes that "religions such as Islam, Judaism, and Sinism demonstrate this, splitting off into different forms and styles of music that depend on varying religious practices." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every work from one religious tradition together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMusical Works 1TraditionFilter Results25 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll368,000 (1)1,000,000 (1)1,500,000 (2)3,500,000 (1)22,785,195 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll368,000 (1)1,000,000 (1)1,500,000 (2)2,500,000 (1)22,785,195 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (20)Independent Survey (6)National Census (5)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (5)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (4)Court-Documented Inventory (1)Regulator Filing (1)The Body's Own Published Statistics (4)Church FamilyAllAdventist (1)African Initiated Church (1)Anglican (3)Baptist (2)Eastern Catholic (1)Evangelical (1)Lutheran (3)Methodist (5)Moravian (1)Oriental Orthodox (2)Reformed (3)Date of SeparationAll2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1560 (1)1566 (1)1795 (1)1846 (1)1863 (1)1908 (1)1913 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (1)1457 (1)1534 (1)1536 (1)1560 (1)1784 (1)1787 (1)1810 (1)1843 (1)1844 (1)1858 (1)1883 (1)1895 (1)1961 (1)1993 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllA founding prophet's teaching and healing ministry held central to the church's identity (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (7)Halakha binding, but developing through scholarship (1)Halakha informative rather than binding on the individual (1)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (2)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (10)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (10)Documented Accused CountAll390 (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (2)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)Connexional: congregations bound in a conference with itinerant ministry (5)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (4)Episcopal: governed by bishops (6)Presbyterian: governed by elders in graded courts (3)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (2)Synodal: governed by synods of clergy and lay delegates (3)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (3)Customary Norm (2)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (8)Liturgical LanguageAllChurch Slavonic (1)Geez (2)Hebrew (2)The vernacular (22)Membership Figure As OfAll1876-01-01 (1)1897-01-01 (1)1939-01-01 (1)1968-01-01 (2)1970-12-31 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)2000-12-31 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2007-01-01 (2)2010-01-01 (3)2011-01-01 (2)2013-01-01 (2)2014-01-01 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (3)2016-12-31 (2)2017-01-01 (2)2018-01-01 (2)2019-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (5)2021-03-21 (1)2021-12-31 (1)2022-01-01 (5)2022-12-31 (2)2023-01-01 (1)2023-12-31 (1)2024-01-01 (3)2024-06-01 (1)2024-12-31 (2)2025-01-01 (3)2026-04-10 (1)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllMarried clergy permitted (3)Open to women and men (17)Restricted to men (4)Varies between provinces or member bodies (3)Origin Period End YearAll340 (2)1467 (1)1527 (1)1559 (2)1560 (1)1592 (1)1596 (1)1784 (1)1789 (1)1816 (1)1846 (1)1860 (1)1863 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1913 (1)1921 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll320 (2)1457 (1)1527 (1)1534 (1)1536 (1)1560 (2)1596 (1)1738 (1)1787 (1)1789 (1)1810 (1)1844 (1)1845 (1)1847 (1)1860 (1)1895 (1)1907 (1)1921 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (2)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 (4)Position on PredestinationAllElection Affirmed Reprobation Unstated (1)Single Predestination (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (6)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 (8)Same-sex unions may be blessed, but ordination is not extended to partnered LGBT clergy (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (5)Position on the EucharistAllSacramental Union (2)Spiritual Reception by Faith (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (2)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (4)Established (2)No Establishment (12)Privileged Never Established (2)Varies by Province (2)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll1992-06-01 (1)2000-01-01 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (2)Settlement TotalAll137,300,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllFive percent. (1)Ten percent. (4)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate (1)Historic Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (25)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2023 (2)2024 (6)2025 (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryAmerican Baptist Churches USATradition1 entryCalvinism (Reformed)Tradition1 entryChurch of EnglandTradition1 entryChurch of IrelandTradition1 entryChurch of ScotlandTradition1 entryChurch of SwedenTradition1 entryChurch of the NazareneTradition1 entryConservative JudaismTradition1 entryThe Episcopal ChurchTradition1 entryEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition1 entryEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaTradition1 entryFree Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryKimbanguist ChurchTradition1 entryLutheran Church, Missouri SynodTradition1 entryMethodismTradition1 entryMoravian ChurchTradition1 entryPresbyterianismTradition1 entryProgressive National Baptist ConventionTradition1 entryReform JudaismTradition1 entrySeventh-day AdventismTradition1 entryUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchTradition1 entryThe United Methodist ChurchTradition1 entryWesleyan ChurchTradition1 entrySources1. 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