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236:. The Code of Canon Law gives for societies of apostolic life regulations much less detailed than for institutes of consecrated life, in many instances simply referring to the constitutions of the individual societies. Although societies of apostolic life may in externals resemble religious life, a major distinction is that they are not themselves consecrated and their state of life does not change (i.e. they remain secular clerics or laypersons).
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developed. While the monastic foundations were rural institutions marked by a retreat from secular society, the mendicants were urban foundations organized to engage secular city life and to meet some of its needs such as education and service to the poor. The five primary mendicant religious Order
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in the West in the 6th century, authored the most influential "rules" for religious living in their areas of the
Christian world ("rule" in this sense refers to a collection of precepts, compiled as guidelines for how to follow the spiritual life). They organized a common life with a daily schedule
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Catholic countries, depriving thousands of monks and nuns of the income that their communities held because of inheritances and forcing them to find a new way of living their religious life. On 8 December 1900, they were approved and recognised as
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God, some of the very devout men and women left the cities for the testings of the life in the desert that was meant to lead the individual back into a more intimate relationship with God, just like the wandering of the
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16:Type of lifestyle advocated by the Catholic Church
1164:Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 571
1128:Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, canon 570
239:Examples of societies of apostolic life are the
1248:Gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata; cann. 573 730
401:, gave this form of religious living the name
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808:Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church
504:of prayer, work, spiritual reading and rest.
245:Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
49:in a more exacting way. It includes those in
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793:List of some religious institutes (Catholic)
432:is perhaps the most widely heard of today.
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1011:Code of Canon Law, canons 731–746
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249:Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice
363:Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
348:Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
320:'s post-synodal apostolic exhortation
1057:Catechism of the Catholic Church, 921
899:Catechism of the Catholic Church, 918
851:Catechism of the Catholic Church, 944
745:feast of the Presentation of the Lord
405:, and the person leading it the name
216:of the world especially from within".
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743:, fixed annually on 2 February, the
709:Société des Filles du Coeur de Marie
574:for those who visit their churches.
499:in the East in the 4th century, and
354:choosing to have consecrated widows.
1301:of Pope John Paul II, 25 March 1996
1287:Section on the Consecrated Life in
828:"Forms of Consecrated Life | USCCB"
636:with simple vows. Under this rule,
539:, and is an important influence in
1185:Dominicans at Home in a New Nation
725:nova categoria status perfectionis
715:issued the apostolic constitution
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41:lived by those faithful who are
3994:Catholic canon law of religious
3959:Christian religious occupations
2056:First seven ecumenical councils
1075:Code of Canon Law, canon 604 §1
1039:Code of Canon Law, canon 603 §2
1021:Code of Canon Law, canon 603 §1
1002:Code of Canon Law, canon 731 §2
985:Code of Canon Law, canon 731 §1
917:Code of Canon Law, canon 588 §1
869:Code of Canon Law, canon 573 §1
23:The hermitage of Maria Blut in
2631:Separation of church and state
1309:– "The Consecrated Life"
961:"Code of Canon Law, canon 710"
936:"Code of Canon Law, canon 607"
803:Religious institute (Catholic)
731:World Day for Consecrated Life
507:Almost all monasteries in the
183:Institutes of consecrated life
51:institutes of consecrated life
1:
3999:Catholic canon law of persons
3979:Catholic orders and societies
788:Institute of consecrated life
600:Order of the Servants of Mary
403:eremitic (or eremitical) life
397:. The Greek word for desert,
189:Institute of consecrated life
65:, as well as those living as
3964:Catholic Church organisation
1836:List of religious institutes
1236:, article "Religious Orders"
1146:Code of Canon Law, canon 605
590:of the 13th century are the
241:Oratory of Saint Philip Neri
37:) is a state of life in the
1250:. Romae: Millennium, 1995.
1211:Vermeersch, Arthur (1911).
523:in the West, including the
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453:Religious order (Catholic)
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1448:Society of apostolic life
1169:November 3, 2011, at the
1133:November 3, 2011, at the
1115:December 2, 2008, at the
990:November 4, 2011, at the
783:Enclosed religious orders
592:Order of Friars Preachers
509:Eastern Catholic Churches
481:, a near-contemporary of
227:Society of apostolic life
3796:Communion and Liberation
3260:Eastern Catholic liturgy
2425:Mystici Corporis Christi
2353:Sixto-Clementine Vulgate
1293:(archived 18 April 2016)
2611:Philosophy of canon law
2541:Mariology of the saints
2121:Investiture Controversy
1151:April 18, 2016, at the
1080:April 18, 2016, at the
1062:April 29, 2011, at the
1044:April 18, 2016, at the
1026:April 18, 2016, at the
922:April 18, 2016, at the
904:April 29, 2011, at the
874:April 18, 2016, at the
856:April 29, 2011, at the
606:(Augustinians) and the
525:Order of Saint Benedict
513:Eastern Orthodox Church
155:, unless they are also
3864:Catholic Charities USA
3498:Acta Apostolicae Sedis
3486:Vatican Polyglot Press
2536:Mariology of the popes
2174:Protestant Reformation
1856:Catholicism portal
1826:Vocational discernment
1816:Foolishness for Christ
1297:Apostolic Exhortation
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717:Provida Mater Ecclesia
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679:Protestant Reformation
620:Religious congregation
604:Order of St. Augustine
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3969:Christian terminology
3618:Good Shepherd Sisters
3460:Holy See Press Office
2698:Doctors of the Church
2531:Immaculate Conception
2486:Anointing of the Sick
2021:History of the papacy
1289:The Code of Canon Law
1218:Catholic Encyclopedia
773:Christian monasticism
697:dechristianise France
632:appointed a rule for
596:Order of Friars Minor
491:cenobitic monasticism
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390:Constantine the Great
350:envisages individual
121:, or, in the case of
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3491:L'Osservatore Romano
3429:Role in civilisation
3155:Croatian and Serbian
2903:Episcopal conference
2865:St. Peter's Basilica
2223:Sexual abuse scandal
2179:Catholic Reformation
1599:Liturgy of the Hours
1475:Evangelical counsels
1259:Canons 710–730
628:of 20 January 1521,
437:evangelical counsels
297:evangelical counsels
287:, also known as the
234:evangelical counsels
195:religious institutes
142:religious institutes
127:(sanctum propositum)
87:evangelical counsels
3989:Christian practices
3826:Neocatechumenal Way
3791:Charismatic Renewal
3505:Annuario Pontificio
3103:Particular churches
2779:Ecumenical councils
2551:Perpetual virginity
2386:Communitas perfecta
2330:Sermon on the Mount
1375:Religious institute
1183:Mary Nona McGreal,
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