Home›Memoir›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups literary works by the religion that treats them as authoritative. Wikipedia notes that "within each religion, these texts are revered as authoritative sources of guidance, wisdom, and divine revelation." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every work revered by the same religion together.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedLiterary Works 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesBasis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllNational Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Date of Separation End YearAll1974 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1666 (1)1889 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllChalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (1)No fixed pantheon or liturgy; each practitioner composes their own (1)Recognises a post-prophetic messianic figure (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (1)GovernanceAllAn imam or caliph elected by the community or its electors (1)Autonomous covens, authority conferred by initiation (1)No central authority (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Liturgical LanguageAllChurch Slavonic (1)Classical Arabic (1)The vernacular (1)Membership Figure As OfAll1912-01-01 (1)1917-01-01 (1)1998-01-01 (1)2008-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Married clergy permitted (1)Open to women and men (1)Restricted to men (2)Origin Period End YearAll1667 (1)1889 (1)1960 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1652 (1)1889 (1)1940 (1)Place of OriginAllQadian, in the Punjab (1)Russia. (1)The San Francisco Bay Area, California (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (1)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAhmadiyyaTradition1 entryFeri TraditionTradition1 entryOld BelieversTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeComments (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.