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  2. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    The 1917 Code maintained a juridical distinction by declaring invalid any marriage attempted by solemnly professed religious or by those with simple vows to which the Holy See had attached the effect of invalidating marriage, [7] while stating that no simple vow rendered a marriage invalid, except in the cases in which the Holy See directed ...

  3. Jesuit formation - Wikipedia

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    Jesuit formation, or the training of Jesuits, is the process by which candidates are prepared for ordination or brotherly service in the Society of Jesus, the world's largest male Catholic religious order. The process is based on the Constitution of the Society of Jesus written by Ignatius of Loyola and approved in 1550. There are various ...

  4. Marriage vows - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. "In sickness and in health" redirects here. For other uses, see In sickness and in health (disambiguation). Promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You ...

  5. Jesuits - Wikipedia

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    The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ ʒ u ɪ t s, ˈ dʒ ɛ zj u-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; [2] Latin: Iesuitae), [3] is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

  6. Marriage in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized". [1]

  7. Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    He added that the "unchanging" essence of ordination "configures the priest to Jesus Christ the Head and Spouse of the Church." Thus, he said, "The Church, as the Spouse of Jesus Christ, wishes to be loved by the priest in the total and exclusive manner in which Jesus Christ her Head and Spouse loved her."

  8. Religious vows - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the order, temporary vows may be renewed a number of times before permission to take final vows is given. There are exceptions: the Jesuits' first vows are perpetual, for instance, and the Sisters of Charity take only temporary but renewable vows. Religious vows are of two varieties: simple vows and solemn vows. The highest level ...

  9. Vow - Wikipedia

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    Marriage vows are binding promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony. Marriage customs have developed over history and keep changing as human society develops. Marriage customs have developed over history and keep changing as human society develops.