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A religious order is a subgroup within a larger confessional community with a distinctive high-religiosity lifestyle and clear membership. Religious orders often trace their lineage from revered teachers, venerate their founders, and have a document describing their lifestyle called a rule of life. Such orders exist in many of the world's ...
A religious order is characterized by an authority structure where a superior general has jurisdiction over the order's dependent communities. An exception is the Order of Saint Benedict which is not a religious order in this technical sense, because it has a system of independent houses, meaning that each abbey is autonomous. However, the ...
Teutonic Knights (Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, German Order) O.S.M.T. Teutonic Order: 1192 Third Order of Saint Dominic: T.O.P. The Sisters of the Sacred Heart and of the Poor (Hermanas de la Sagrada Corazon y los Pobres) H.S.C.P. Third Order Secular of the Most Holy Trinity: O.SS.T. Ter. Trinitarian
In 1959, there were 7,913 nuns and holy sisters ministering in the archdiocese, representing 103 different religious orders. As of 2004, there were 913 priests of religious orders ministering in the archdiocese. As of 2008, 2,911 religious sisters and nuns and 368 religious brothers minister in the archdiocese.
History of Catholic religious orders (13 C, 18 P) Organisation of Catholic religious orders (10 C, 42 P) A. Assumptionist Order (4 C) Augustinian Order (10 C, 16 P) B.
In the phrase "holy orders", the word "holy" means "set apart for a sacred purpose". The word "order" designates an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and ordination means legal incorporation into an order. In context, therefore, a group with a hierarchical structure that is set apart for ministry in the Church.
Members of religious communities may be known as monks or nuns, particularly in those communities which require their members to live permanently in one location; they may be known as friars or sisters, a term used particularly (though not exclusively) by religious orders whose members are more active in the wider community, often living in smaller groups.
Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles. There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies.