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  2. Friar - Wikipedia

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    Friars are different from monks in that they are called to the great evangelical counsels (vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience) in service to society, rather than through cloistered asceticism and devotion. Whereas monks live in a self-sufficient community, friars work among laypeople and are supported by donations or other charitable ...

  3. Canon regular - Wikipedia

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    Erasmus, himself a canon regular, declared that the canons regular are a "median point" between the monks and the secular clergy. [5] The outer appearance and observances of the canons regular can seem very similar to those of the monks. This is because the various reforms borrowed certain practices from the monks for the use of the canons. [6]

  4. Enclosed religious orders - Wikipedia

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    The English word monk most properly refers to men in monastic life, while the term friar more properly refers to mendicants active in the world (like Franciscans, Dominicans and Augustinians), though not all monasteries require strict enclosure. Benedictine monks, for instance, have often staffed parishes and been allowed to leave monastery ...

  5. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Male members of orders or congregations are brothers, monks, or friars, while female members are nuns or religious sisters. Each order may have its own hierarchy of offices such superior general , abbot or abbess , mother superior , prior or prioress , or others, and the specific duties and responsibilities for each office will depend on the ...

  6. Christian monasticism - Wikipedia

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    The latter has essentially some special work or aim, such as preaching, teaching, liberating captives, etc., which occupies a large place in their activities. While monks have undertaken labors of the most varied character, in every case this work is extrinsic to the essence of the monastic state. [5] Monks and friars are two distinct roles.

  7. Franciscans - Wikipedia

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    The bull was received respectfully by Bonagratia and the next two generals, Arlotto of Prato (1285–87) and Matthew of Aqua Sparta (1287–89); but the Spiritual party under the leadership of the Bonaventuran pupil and apocalyptic Pierre Jean Olivi regarded its provisions for the dependence of the friars upon the pope and the division between ...

  8. Were Medieval Monks ‘Sinful’ Because of Their Filthy ...

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    The local monks, it turns out, were riddled with worms. Though this might seem like an opportunity to snicker at the irony of hygienically challenged medieval friars, for the friars themselves ...

  9. Mendicant orders - Wikipedia

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    The members of these orders are not called monks but friars. The term " mendicant " is also used with reference to some non-Christian religions to denote holy persons committed to an ascetic lifestyle, which may include members of religious orders and individual holy persons.