APPENDIX A
Denominational worship report
What official teaching says about worship and bodily obeisance, across 100 Christian denominations and national church bodies.
| Church body | Tradition | Finding | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | Catholic | Listed | |
| Orthodox Church in America | Eastern Orthodox | Listed | |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | Eastern Orthodox | Listed | |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America | Eastern Orthodox | Not found | |
| Coptic Orthodox Church (North American dioceses) | Oriental Orthodox | Listed | |
| Armenian Apostolic Church, Eastern Diocese of America | Oriental Orthodox | Listed | |
| Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church | Oriental Orthodox | Listed | |
| Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA | Eastern Orthodox | Listed | |
| Church of England | Anglican | Not found | |
| The Episcopal Church | Anglican | Not found | |
| Anglican Church in North America | Anglican | Not found | |
| Anglican Church of Canada | Anglican | Not found | |
| Anglican Church of Australia | Anglican | Not found | |
| Church of Ireland | Anglican | Not found | |
| Church in Wales | Anglican | Not found | |
| Anglican Church of Southern Africa | Anglican | Not found | |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran | Listed | |
| Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod | Lutheran | Listed | |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Lutheran | Not found | |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Lutheran | Listed |
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How the count was made
Official teaching means material issued, adopted, commissioned, or presented by the denomination or national church body as its explanation of belief, theology, or worship. Confessions, catechisms, doctrinal standards, adopted position papers, denominational curricula, and official explanatory teaching pages qualify.
Prayer books, service orders, rites, rubrics, ceremonial directions, worship-planning material, and local or subordinate-church practice do not determine the count. A positive finding requires an explicit connection between worship, adoration, reverence, or homage and bowing, kneeling, prostration, genuflection, bodily inclination, falling before, or an equivalent gesture.
The positive findings are Catholic and Orthodox 7/8, Lutheran 3/10, Pentecostal and Charismatic 3/12, and Restorationist, Adventist, and other bodies 4/12.