Editing Mendicant (section)

===Other Christians===
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Unlike Western Christians, [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christians]] never created a form of monasticism equivalent to mendicant orders. Rather, all Orthodox monks and nuns follow the more traditionally monastic [[Rule of Saint Basil]]. Mendicancy does, however, still find root through lay expressions of [[Foolishness for Christ]].

Despite the abandoning of ascetic practice within [[Protestantism]], mendicant-style preaching has still come about independently of it.{{fact|date=November 2022}} American [[Methodists]] were once known for sending out itinerant preachers known as [[circuit rider (religious)|circuit rider]]s. Another example was [[Johnny Appleseed]], a [[Swedenborgian]] itinerant preacher who would eventually rise to the status of American [[folk hero]].