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Members of a confraternity of penitents leading a Lent procession in Spain.. A confraternity (Spanish: cofradía; Portuguese: confraria) is generally a Christian voluntary association of laypeople created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy.
The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy was founded in 1975. It is an association of Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States who are pledged to the pursuit of personal holiness, loyalty to the Roman Pontiff, commitment to theological study and strict adherence to the authentic teachings of the Magisterium. [2]
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. is an affiliate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops established in 1946 and based in Washington DC, [8] which owns the copyright on the New American Bible Revised Edition, the translation most commonly used in US Catholic churches and incorporated in the lectionary for Mass used in ...
Purgatorial societies are Roman Catholic Church associations or confraternities which aim to assist souls in purgatory reach heaven. The doctrine concerning purgatory (the term for the intermediate state in Roman Catholicism), the condition of the poor souls after death (particular judgment), the communion of saints, and the satisfactory value of our good works form the basis of these ...
The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) is the sixth largest Lutheran church body in the United States. The AFLC includes congregations from the former Lutheran Free Church in 27 different U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. The AFLC is not an incorporated synod, but a free association. Each local congregation is a separate ...
Confraternity book; Confraternity of Catholic Saints; Confraternity of penitents; Confraternity of priests; Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament; Confraternity of the Holy Spirit of Marseille; Confraternity of the Rosary; Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs; Confrérie des jongleurs et bourgeois d'Arras
In the same church only one confraternity of the same name and purpose may be aggregated. The consent of the bishop must be given in writing. [2] In the case of religious orders aggregating their own confraternities in their own churches, the consent of the bishop given for the erection of the house or church of the order is sufficient.
The Augsburg Lutheran Churches has a very simple doctrinal statement [5] with a set of affirmative and negative theses titled 'Our Declaration'. The topics covered are: The topics covered are: 1) The Trinity: Our Great Heritage