Directory 5,956 records
Institutions
Orders, churches, councils and states in the history of belief.
All institutions
Across 18 traditions, and 687 in none yet.
1–120 of 5,956
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Tradition · Islam Islam Monotheistic Abrahamic religion founded by Muhammad -
Tradition · Christianity Christianity Abrahamic monotheistic religion -
Tradition · Christianity True Jesus Church Non-denominational Christian church founded in Beijing, China -
Tradition · Buddhist traditions Buddhism Indian religion -
Tradition · Islam Qur’an Foundational Islamic religious text
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Tradition · South Asian traditions Hinduism Religion widely practiced in the Indian subcontinent -
Tradition · Judaism Judaism Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion of the Jews -
Tradition · Christianity Catholic Church Largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with the Pope, part of the Latin Church aka Latin Christianity a.k.a. western Christianity -
Tradition · Christianity Protestantism Branch of Christianity that emerged following the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church and rejects papal supremacy -
Tradition · East Asian traditions Taoism Religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin -
Tradition · South Asian traditions Sikhism Monotheistic Indian religion -
Tradition · Iranian traditions Zoroastrianism Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster -
Tradition · South Asian traditions Jainism Indian religion -
Tradition · East Asian traditions Confucianism Chinese ethical and philosophical system -
Tradition · East Asian traditions Shinto A polytheistic and animistic religion originating in Japan -
Place · Christianity · Islam Hagia Sophia Mosque, museum, and former church in Istanbul, Turkey -
Tradition · Islam Hamas Palestinian Islamist political and military organization -
Tradition Baháʼí Faith Monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh -
Tradition · Islam Sufism Body of mystical practice within Islam -
Tradition · Christianity Catholicism Christian doctrine professed by the Catholic Church -
Tradition · Christianity Eastern Orthodox Church Second-largest Christian church -
Place · South Asian traditions · Buddhist traditions Angkor Wat Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia -
Place · Islam Kaaba Cubical shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; direction of prayer for Muslims
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Tradition · Christianity Jehovah's Witnesses Non-trinitarian millenarian restorationist Christian denomination -
Pantheon · Christianity Holy Trinity Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substance (ousia) -
Tradition · Buddhist traditions Zen School of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition -
Place · Christianity Leaning Tower of Pisa Cathedral bell tower in Pisa, Italy -
Christianity Society of Jesus Male religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church -
Tradition paganism Polytheistic religious groups -
freemasonry Group of fraternal organizations
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Tradition animism Religious worldview -
Place · Islam Al-Masjid Al-Haram Islam's holiest mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia -
Tradition · Christianity Lutheranism Form of Protestantism commonly associated with the teachings of Martin Luther
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Place · Islam Al-Aqsa Mosque The main prayer hall of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem -
Place · Buddhist traditions Borobudur Temple Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia -
Islam Druze Faith Arab ethnoreligious group of the Levant -
Tradition · Christianity The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon -
Tradition · Christianity Reformed Christianity Branch of Protestantism
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Tradition · Christianity Church of England Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion -
Tradition · Christianity Baptists Evangelical Christian movement -
Tradition deism Belief in God without revelation -
Holy See Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome and the sovereign entity presiding over Vatican City -
Tradition · Islam Muslim Brotherhood Transnational Sunni Islamist organization -
Tradition · Christianity Russian Orthodox Church Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church -
Christianity Assyrians Ethnic group native to Mesopotamia -
Place · Greek and Roman Olympia Town on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games -
Place · Islam Sultan Ahmed Mosque Historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey, also known as Blue Mosque -
Tradition Rastafari Monotheistic Abrahamic religion -
Place · Islam Dome of the Rock Islamic building in Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem -
Place · South Asian traditions Harmandir Sahib Sikh religious site in Amritsar, Punjab, India -
Christianity Knights Templar Medieval Christian military order, 1118–1312 -
Place · Islam Prophet's Mosque Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia -
Scientology Set of beliefs and practices created by L. Ron Hubbard -
Tradition · Buddhist traditions Tibetan Buddhism Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan -
Tradition · Christianity Anglicanism Christian tradition developing out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England -
Place · Buddhist traditions Potala Palace 7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas - Tradition · Islam Wahhabism Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
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Tradition · Christianity Quakers Christian denominational family (1652–) -
Tradition · Islam monotheism in Islam Islam's central monotheistic concept of a single, indivisible God -
Tradition · Christianity Counter-Reformation Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism -
Tradition · Christianity Mormonism Religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon -
Place · Christianity Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Monastery and historical residence of the King of Spain -
Judaism Ashkenazi Jews Jewish diaspora of Central, Western and Eastern Europe -
Christianity Dominican Order Roman Catholic religious order -
Place · Christianity · Greek and Roman Pantheon Ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy -
Christianity Teutonic Order Medieval military order founded c. 1190 -
Tradition · Islam Ahmadiyya Islamic revival movement originating in the Indian subcontinent -
Tradition · Judaism Pharisees Ancient Jewish sect -
Tradition · Christianity Coptic Orthodox Church International Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark -
Tradition · Christianity Armenian Apostolic Church National church of the Armenian people -
Story · Christianity Assumption of Mary The bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church -
Tradition I Ching Ancient Chinese text used for divination -
Place · Islam Umayyad Mosque Mosque in Damascus, Syria -
Place · Buddhist traditions Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto -
Tradition · Christianity Seventh-day Adventist Church Christian denomination -
Tradition · Christianity Pentecostalism Evangelical Christian movement -
Tradition · Christianity Anabaptism Christian denominational family -
Christianity Benedictines Catholic monastic order -
Place · Islam · Judaism · Christianity Temple Mount Religious hilltop in the Old City of Jerusalem -
Tradition · Christianity Catharism Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe -
original sin Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man -
Place · Christianity St Paul's Cathedral Cathedral in the City of London, England, UK - Tradition · Christianity Methodism Group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity
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Tradition · Islam Salafism Ultraconservative fundamentalist movement within Islam -
Place · Buddhist traditions Nalanda Mahavihara Ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India -
Neoplatonism Strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD -
Tradition · Christianity Oriental Orthodox churches Largest group of churches following Oriental Orthodoxy in full communion -
Tradition · Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy Christian denominational family -
Place · Christianity Florence Cathedral 13th-century cathedral in Florence, Italy -
Christianity Meteora Rock formation with cluster of Greek Orthodox monasteries -
Vatican Library Library of the Holy See -
Tradition · Christianity Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox religious denomination based in İstanbul, Türkiye -
Tradition Falun Gong Religious movement originating in China -
Place · East Asian traditions Itsukushima Shrine Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan -
Place · Buddhist traditions Mahabodhi Temple Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India -
Place · Islam Süleymaniye Mosque Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey -
Place · Islam Badshahi Mosque Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan -
Tradition · Christianity Eastern Catholic Churches 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome - Tradition · Christianity Evangelicalism Evangelical Christian movement
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Christianity Franciscans From 1517, group of three religious orders within the Catholic Church -
Tradition Theosophy Religion founded by Helena Blavatsky -
Tradition Alawites Ethnoreligious group centered in the Levant -
Tradition · Christianity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Oriental Orthodox Church denomination of Ethiopia -
Tradition · Islam Hanbalism One of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam -
Tradition · Judaism Hasidic Judaism Religious subgroup of modern Judaism -
Islam Islamic philosophy Academic study of philosophy derived from the tradition and teachings of Islam -
Place · Christianity Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv -
Tradition New Age Spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s -
Place · Islam Selimiye Mosque Mosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey
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Islam University of al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco -
Tradition Wicca Modern syncretic pagan religion
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Tradition · Islam Hanafism One of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence -
South Asian traditions International Society for Krishna Consciousness Religious organisation -
Tradition · Christianity Nestorianism Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
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Tradition · Ancient Egypt religion of ancient Egypt System of polytheistic beliefs and rituals of ancient Egyptian -
Tradition · Islam Shafi'i School of Islamic jurisprudence -
Tradition · Christianity Anglican Communion International association of churches -
Tradition · Islam Malikism One of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam -
Tradition · Christianity The Salvation Army Evangelical Christian church and charitable organisation -
Christianity Cistercians Roman Catholic order of the Benedictine reform in the tradition of the monastery of Citaux