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The Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci, c. 1470. In the Catholic Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ. Consecrated virgins are consecrated by the diocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite.
In this sense, "rite" has been defined as "the whole complex of the (liturgical) services of any Church or group of Churches". [28] Between "rites" in this exclusively liturgical sense and the autonomous churches there is no strict correspondence, such as there is when "rite" is understood as in the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
The first known formal rite of consecration of virginity is that of Saint Marcellina, dated AD 353, mentioned in De Virginibus by her brother, Saint Ambrose. Another early consecrated virgin is Saint Genevieve (c. 422 – c. 512). Thomas Aquinas emphasized that acts other than copulation destroy virginity as well. He also clarified that ...
Consecrated virgins are consecrated by the diocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite and spend their time in works of penance and mercy, in apostolic activity and in prayer. Those who enter religious institutes , societies of apostolic life, secular institutes or are recognised as a diocesan hermit are also members of the ...
The Carmelite Rite is used the Carmelites, and also by the Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Brazilian Hermits of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. The Dominican Rite is used by the Dominican Order, as well as the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer. The Premonstratensian Rite is used by the Premonstratensians.
The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari and utilizes the East Syriac dialect as its liturgical language.
Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to members of individual institutes of consecrated life [a] and societies of apostolic life of pontifical right that worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
In this sense her conception is truly "immaculate." And its fruit is woman who remains forever the most pure Virgin and Mother of God. [12] 'Come, let us dance in the spirit! Let us sing worthy praises to Christ! Let us celebrate the joy of Joachim and Anna, The conception of the Mother of our God, For she is the fruit of the grace of God.' [12]