Home›Initiatory Rituals›Christian Initiation and Ordination Rites›All Christian Initiation and Ordination RitesBrowse ByAll Christian Initiation and Ordination RitesThe rites by which a person enters or advances in the Christian church: baptism, confirmation, first communion, holy orders and the Latter-day Saint temple endowment. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes an initiation or ordination rite of a Christian church. It excludes coming-of-age and conversion rites of other religions and royal consecrations. Examples in the atlas include Baptism.All Christian Initiation and Ordination RitesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Christian Initiation and Ordination RitesFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll30 (2)200 (1)1910 (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (5)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)Life Stage MarkedAllEntry into the community or the order (4)Ordination, profession or vows (1)ObligationAllObligatory (2)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed by an officiant for a recipient (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (5)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (3)Initiates only (1)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Native To RegionAllAncient Rome (1)Judea (2)Rome (1)United States (1)TraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (3)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (3)Aladura (1)Amish (1)Anabaptism (1)Anglican Communion (3)Anglicanism (3)Armenian Apostolic Church (3)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Baptist (2)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (3)Church of Cyprus (3)Church of England (3)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (1)Church of Greece (3)Church of Ireland (3)Church of Scotland (2)Church of Sweden (3)Church of the Nazarene (3)Churches of Christ (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (3)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (3)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (3)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (3)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (3)Free Methodist Church (3)Georgian Orthodox Church (3)Global Methodist Church (3)Greek Orthodox Church (3)Kimbanguist Church (1)Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) (1)Lutheranism (3)Maronite Church (3)Mennonites (1)Methodism (3)Moravian Church (2)National Baptist Convention of America (2)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Presbyterianism (2)Progressive National Baptist Convention (2)Roman Catholicism (4)Romanian Orthodox Church (3)Russian Orthodox Church (3)Saint Thomas Christians (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (3)Seventh-day Adventism (1)The Episcopal Church (3)The United Methodist Church (3)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (3)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (3)Wesleyan Church (3)Zion Christian Church (1)Originated InAllAncient Rome (1)Judea (2)Rome (1)United States (1)Originates In LanguageAllKoine Greek (1)Kind of ritualAllChristian Initiation and Ordination Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5BaptismInitiatory RitualsConfirmationInitiatory RitualsFirst CommunionInitiatory RitualsHoly OrdersInitiatory RitualsTemple EndowmentInitiatory RitualsSourcesBaptism (Wikipedia)tier 3Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, 2026Has Member: Baptism, Introduction, sentences 1-2Quote, Has Member: Baptism, Introduction, sentences 1-2Baptism (from Koine Greek: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit. 'immersion, dipping in water') is a Christian rite of initiation almost invariably with the use of water.View the SourceConfirmation (Wikipedia)Has Member: Confirmation, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Confirmation, Introduction, sentence 1In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism.View the SourceFirst communion (Wikipedia)Has Member: First Communion, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: First Communion, Introduction, sentence 1First communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist.View the SourceHoly orders (Wikipedia)Has Member: Holy Orders, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Holy Orders, Introduction, sentence 1In certain Christian denominations, holy orders are the ordained ministries of bishop, priest (presbyter), and deacon, and the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders.View the SourceEndowment (Latter Day Saints) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Temple Endowment, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Temple Endowment, Introduction, sentence 1In the theology of the Latter Day Saint movement, an endowment refers to a gift of "power from on high", typically associated with the ordinances performed in Latter Day Saint temples.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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