Home›Sufi Orders›Ordination Practice›Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationBrowse ByAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationThis page groups religious orders by how they recognize a member as a minister. Wikipedia notes that Jehovah's Witnesses "consider an adherent's qualified baptism to constitute his ordination as a minister," a very different practice from a seminary ordination. Browsing this way lets a visitor compare how differently orders mark someone as formally set apart for ministry.FactsAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationFilter Results8 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Tijani (1)Amadou Bamba (1)Baha al-Din Naqshband (1)Haji Bektash Veli (1)Rumi (1)Originated InAllSenegal (1)Turkey (1)Part OfAllSaifia (1)Parent Order / Branch OfAllBaba Samid (1)Budshishiyya (1)Hamallayya (1)Inayati Order (1)Ishq-Nuri Tariqa (1)Ismailaga Jamaah (1)Jahriyya (1)Kasnazani (1)Khalidiyya (1)Khufiyya (1)Menzil Community (1)Mujaddidi Order (1)Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order (1)Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya (2)Qadri Shattari (1)Sa'diyya (1)Suleymancilar (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (7)Suppressed, then revived (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1127 (1)1145 (1)1190 (1)1209 (1)1244 (1)1318 (1)1782 (1)1883 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (7)The vernacular (1)Doctrinal PositionAllAffiliation to one order only, forfeited by taking a second (1)An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (8)Belief may be concealed where disclosure would bring harm (taqiyya) (1)Listening, music or movement as a means of remembrance (2)Music and movement refused as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (5)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)PolityAllA single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Decentralised Branches (2)Shaykh Led Lineage (5)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (5)ApostolateAllSpiritual Direction and Dhikr (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 8Bektashi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationChishti OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMevlevi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationMuridiyyaAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationNaqshbandi OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationQadiriyya OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationRifa'i OrderAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationTijaniyyahAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordinationSources1. 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.