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In Christianity, nuns are found in the Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican and some Presbyterian traditions, as well as other Christian denominations. [1] In the Buddhist tradition, female monastics are known as Bhikkhuni, and take several additional vows compared to male monastics .
Enclosed religious orders of men include monks following the Rule of Saint Benedict, namely the Benedictine, the Cistercian, and the Trappist orders, but also monks of the Carthusians, Hieronymites, along with the male and female members of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno, while enclosed ...
McGuinness, Margaret M. Neighbors and Missionaries: A History of the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine (Fordham Univ Press, 2012) online; Mulderry, Darra D. Educating 'Sister Lucy': The Experiential Sources of the Movement to Improve Higher Education for Catholic Teaching Sisters, 1949-1964." U.S. Catholic Historian (2015) 33#1 pp. 55-79.
In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute. [1] Subcategories of religious orders are: monastics (monks or nuns living and working in a monastery and reciting the Divine Office)
James Gibbons (1834–1921), cardinal archbishop of Baltimore, a widely respected American Catholics leader. Nuns and sisters played a major role in American religion, education, nursing and social work since the early 19th century. In Catholic Europe, convents were heavily endowed over the centuries, and were sponsored by the aristocracy.
In Christian hagiography, there are numerous accounts of pre-Nicaean virgin martyrs, such as Margaret of Antioch, Agnes of Rome, Euphemia of Chalcedon and Lucia of Syracuse. In the theology of the Church Fathers , the prototype of the sacred virgin is the Blessed Virgin Mary , consecrated by the Holy Spirit at Annunciation . [ 8 ]
Pages in category "Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns by order" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The role of women in the church has become a controversial topic in Catholic social thought. [6] Christianity's overall effect on women is a matter of historical debate; it rose out of patriarchal societies but lessened the gulf between men and women. The institution of the convent has offered a space for female self-government, power, and ...