List of religious awards and orders

Religious awards and medals are donated and awarded by a denomination or another organization related to faith or religion.

Catholic Church

The orders and decorations are divided into different groups:

"Order of the Popes"

The orders and medals of the Papal States , and later the Holy See (the so-called "Pope Order") are, in descending order:

• Medal:
  • Order of Christ
  • Order of the Golden Spur
  • Order of Pius
  • Order of Gregorius
  • New Year's Order

• Papal decorations:
  • Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ("For Pope and Church"),
  • Benemerenti ("He who has earned himself") and the Jerusalem pilgrim cross .

See also : List of Papal Orders and Decorations

Diocesan Awards

Each diocese has its own orders and decorations. The badges of honor are awarded by the respective diocese for particularly appreciable services in the pastoral or in a social, cultural, sociopolitical or organizational area related to the Catholic Church.

Examples:

• Germany
  • Ansgar Medal ( Archdiocese of Hamburg )
  • Diocese medal ( Diocese of Trier and Diocese of Eichstätt )
  • Elisabeth Medal ( Diocese of Erfurt and Diocese of Fulda )
  • Hedwig Medal ( Archdiocese of Berlin and Diocese of Görlitz )
  • Konrad badge ( Archdiocese of Freiburg )
  • Martinus Medal ( Diocese of Mainz and Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart )
  • Paul plaque ( diocese of Münster )
  • Pirminius plaque ( Diocese of Speyer )
  • St. Benno Medal ( Diocese of Dresden-Meißen )
  • St. Bruno Medal and Liborius Wagner Medal ( Diocese of Würzburg )
  • Merit Medal in Silver ( Diocese of Bamberg )
  • Ulrich Medal (Diocese of Augsburg)
  • Wolfgang Medal ( Diocese of Regensburg )
• Austria
  • Medal of honor of St. Stephen in three classes ( Archdiocese Vienna )
  • "St. Order of Martins "and" Medal of Merit of the Diocese ", each in three classes ( Diocese of Eisenstadt )
  • "Florian Medal", "Severin Medal", "Wappenbrief", each in one class ( Diocese of Linz )
  • "Order of Merit of Saints Rupert and Virgil" in four classes ( Archdiocese of Salzburg )
  • "Hemma Medal", "Modestus Medal", each in three classes ( Diocese of Gurk )
  • "Decoration of Honor of the Diocese" in gold and silver, "Order of Petrus Canisius" ( Diocese of Innsbruck )
  • " Order of St. George the Military Bishop of the Austrian Armed Forces " in nine classes ( Austrian military diocese )

Collegiate crosses

Collegiate crosses are given to abbots and abbesses of various monasteries. There are around 100 crosses, mostly from the area of ​​the Holy Roman Empire .

Canon Crosses

Canons turnstiles, also called Kanonikerkreuze are only members of the cathedral chapter ( canons to wear). There are a few hundred canon crosses, mostly in Catholic parts of the former Holy Roman Empire and also in Poland , Hungary and Croatia . New ones are also being created as a result of the administrative reforms of Pope John Paul II , who formed many new dioceses .

Further examples

• Dignitas Humana Award , St. John's School of Theology Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA
• Eugen Biser Prize , Eugen Biser Foundation
• Order of Merit Pro Merito Melitensi
• Catholic children's and youth book award
• Art and culture prize of the German Catholics
• Heinrich Brauns Prize
• Itzel Prize , Itzel Foundation,
• Cardinal Innitzer Prize , Archdiocese of Vienna
• Laetare Medal , University of Notre Dame (Indiana)
• Notre Dame Award , Notre Dame University, Indiana (Catholic)
• Pacem in Terris Award , Davenport Diocese, Iowa
• Romano Guardini Prize , Catholic Academy in Bavaria
• Romero Prize , Catholic men's movement in Austria
• Solidarity award of the Linz church newspaper , Diocese of Linz

Protestant church

In the Evangelical Church, a regional church usually awards orders and awards for particularly appreciable services in the pastoral or in a social, cultural, sociopolitical or organizational area related to the respective regional church. The award is often given to volunteers.

Examples:

• Ansgarkreuz , Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
• Bible Prize , Evangelical Church in Württemberg
• Brenz Medal , Evangelical Church in Württemberg
• Bugenhagen Medal , Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
• Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize , Evangelical Theological Faculty of Tübingen
• Goldenes Kugelkreuz , Association of Protestant Youth in Germany
• Hanna Jursch Prize , Evangelical Church in Germany
• Hans Ehrenberg Prize , Bochum Church District
• Illustration prize for books for children and young people , a joint effort by Protestant journalism
• Karl Barth Prize , Union of Evangelical Churches
• Kronenkreuz , Diakonisches Werk
• Culture award of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
• Leonore Siegele Wenschkewitz Prize , Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau
• Martin Luther Medal , Evangelical Church in Germany
• Robert Geisendörfer Prize , Evangelical Church in Germany
• Sexau Community Prize for Theology , Sexau Evangelical Church Community
• Walter Künneth Prize , ecclesiastical collection on the Bible and confession
• WebFish , Evangelical Church in Germany
• Wilhelm Freiherr von Pechmann Prize , Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria

Free church awards

• George W. Peters Prize , Working Group for Evangelical Missiology
• Methodist Peace Prize , Methodist and Wesleyan Churches
• Michael Sattler Peace Prize , German Mennonite Peace Committee

Church music awards

• GMA Dove Award , Gospel Music Association
• European Church Music Prize , Schwäbisch Gmünd

Orthodox awards

• Order of Holy Bishop Plato , Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church

Awards intended for religious purposes in a broader sense

• Bernhard Weiss Medal , German Armed Forces
• Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal , Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Germany
• Honorary award from the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action
• Erwin Fischer Prize , International Association of Non-Denominational and Atheists
• Fischhof Prize , Society of Minorities in Switzerland
• IBKA Prize , International Association of Non- Denominational and Atheists
• Mount Zion Award , Mount Zion Foundation, Lucerne a. Benedictine Abbey of Hagia Maria Sion, Jerusalem, Interrel.
• Opus Prize , Opus Prize Foundation
• Otto Hirsch Medal , City of Stuttgart, Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Stuttgart , Israelite Religious Community , Christian-Jewish Cooperation
• Sermon Prize , ecumenical, publishing house for the German economy
• Templeton Prize , Templeton Foundation
• Tolerance Prize of the Evangelical Academy Tutzing

Jewish awards

• Heinz Galinski Prize , Berlin Jewish Community
• International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame , Makkabi Association
• Janusz Korczak Medal , Eifeler
• Leo Baeck Medal , Leo Baeck Institute, New York
• Leo Baeck Prize , Central Council of Jews, Germany
• Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal , Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Vienna

Muslim awards

• Muhammad Nafi Tschelebi Prize , ZI Islam Archive Germany - Amina Abdullah Foundation

See also

• Religious order

Web links

• Keyword papal order (in Werner Kaltefleiter's Vatican glossary)
• Holy See or Vatican Orders
• Religious Studies: "Decorations with a religious background, brotherhoods, social orders"