Home›Purification Rituals›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups rituals by the religious tradition that prescribes them. Wikipedia notes that rituals "may be prescribed by tradition, including religious practices, and are often characterized by formalism, traditionalism, rule-governance, and performance." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every ritual belonging to one faith together, rather than finding them scattered by kind.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity - by washing, by abstention, by transfer to a substitute - and restore a person or place to a state fit for worship. Impurity in this sense is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and what causes it differs sharply between Shinto, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu law. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Purification Rituals This group gathers purification rituals, the ceremonies of cleansing that remove impurity or sin and restore fitness for worship or ordinary life: ritual washing, lustration and rites of atonement performed in formal ceremonial form. The browser will find purification rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and the conception of purity it serves, noting the tradition that performs it.TraditionFilter Results10 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll1,406,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll1,406,000,000 (1)Bankruptcy FilingsAll28 (1)Basis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Health Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (5)National Census (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (6)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (1)Regulator Filing (1)Church FamilyAllRoman Catholic (1)Date of Separation End YearAll1204 (1)1815 (1)1876 (1)1913 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll1054 (1)1772 (1)1810 (1)1883 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAffirms the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (1)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)Liberation by the path of the arhat (1)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)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (1)Documented Accused CountAll3 (1)6 (1)19 (1)21 (1)237 (1)800 (1)1670 (1)1880 (1)2900 (1)4392 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)GovernanceAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Authority in trained scholars, with no central office (2)Authority through monastic ordination lineage and its seats (1)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (1)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (1)Episcopal: governed by bishops (1)No central authority (5)Priestly office passing by descent (1)Universal primacy of a single bishop (1)Health Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation, Ruled Unenforceable (1)Customary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (3)Liturgical LanguageAllAramaic (3)Geez (1)Hebrew (7)Latin (1)Pali (1)The vernacular (2)Membership Figure As OfAll1991-05-25 (1)2000-04-01 (1)2006-01-01 (1)2007-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)2013-01-01 (4)2014-01-01 (2)2018-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (2)2021-05-11 (1)2021-05-12 (1)2022-05-03 (1)2024-01-01 (2)2026-08-14 (1)OrdinationAllCelibacy required of the ordained (1)Married clergy permitted (1)No successor by deliberate choice (1)Office passes by descent (2)Open to women and men (1)Ordination is into a monastic order, not to a congregation (2)Restricted to men (5)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (2)Origin Period End YearAll1100 (1)1600 (1)1772 (1)1797 (1)1810 (1)1850 (1)1900 (1)1913 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll250 BCE (1)30 (1)1300 (1)1740 (1)1775 (1)1800 (2)1802 (1)1845 (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 (2)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)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 (4)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Relation to the StateAllPrivileged Never Established (1)Varies by Province (2)Settlement TotalAll1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Standing as a Comparative CategoryAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (10)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll2024 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBeta IsraelTradition1 entryBreslov HasidismTradition1 entryChabad-LubavitchTradition1 entryConservative JudaismTradition1 entryHaredi JudaismTradition1 entryHasidic JudaismTradition1 entryModern Orthodox JudaismTradition1 entryOrthodox JudaismTradition1 entryRoman CatholicismTradition1 entryTheravadaTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. PurificationView 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? 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