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185:(a lay person), not of the clergy. However, once any non-ordained religious professes vows, especially final vows, they must be formally dispensed from those vows, which is a lengthy and formal process, with set procedures, that involves their local superior, the local Bishop or other Ordinary, the head of the Order, and the Vatican's Congregation for Religious. If they are ordained, they must also be formally suspended from and then relieved of their duties, and then laicized (formally removed from the clerical state), which is a related but separate matter. Both laicization and dispensation of vows are only done for very serious reasons, except for perhaps when one seeks to get married once it is done. The process is even more complex if they are accused of a secular or ecclesiastical offense or crime (some procedures can be expedited in certain criminal cases involving sex abuse). The state of a non-ordained religious, therefore, is not precisely the same as a lay unmarried person who is not a religious. 389:
Roman Catholic tradition include, but are not limited to, Augustinian, Benedictine, Carthusian, Carmelite, and Cistercian. Among active orders in that same tradition are the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits. In addition the single form of monasticism in the Orthodox tradition, the Protestant tradition includes, but is not limited to, the following religious orders: the Order of St. Luke (Methodist Church); the Order of Lutheran Franciscans and the Congregation of the Servants of Christ (Lutheran); the Order of Julian of Norwich (Episcopal Church USA); the Order of St. Luke the Physician (Ecumenical); and the Knights of Prayer Monastic (Evangelical, Ecumenical).
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While the state of consecrated life is neither clerical or lay, institutes themselves are classified as one or the other. A clerical institute is one that "by reason of the purpose or design intended by the founder or by virtue of legitimate tradition, is under the direction of clerics, assumes the
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Individuals called to a cloistered life are referred to as monks (men) and nuns (women), whereas men and women who are members of an order, but not living in cloister, are usually referred to by the term "religious," or "religious brothers" or "sisters. Examples of contemplative orders within the
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Being a priest is a separate thing from being a monk, though monks can be priests (and so can Anglican and Lutheran nuns). But, basically, monks, whether priests or not, are 'religious' and distinct from those, priests or laypeople, who are
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The full text is: "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, and lead a life of brothers or sisters in
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Religious are members of religious institutes, societies in which the members take public vows and live a fraternal life in common. Thus
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In the Anglican Communion, the religious are those who have taken "vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, usually in community".
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exercise of sacred orders, and is recognized as such by the authority of the Church". In clerical institutes, such as the
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Religious Institutes in Western Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Historiography, Research and Legal Position
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Some classes of religious have also been referred to, though less commonly now than in the past, as
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If a religious has been ordained as a deacon, a priest or a bishop, he also belongs to the
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into the clergy, but ordination does not in itself define someone as a religious.
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and so is a member of what is called the "religious clergy" or the "
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and lead a life of brothers or sisters in common". A religious may
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In the Lutheran Churches, religious are defined as those who make
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Kurian, George Thomas; Lamport, Mark A. (10 November 2016).
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The obligations and rights of institutes and their members
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Grimley, Anthony; Wooding, Jonathan M. (1 October 2009).
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Maeyer, Jan de; Leplae, Sofie; Schmiedl, Joachim (2004).
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A religious who has not been ordained is a member of the
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Living the Hours: Monastic Spirituality in Everyday Life
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The admission of candidates and the formation of members
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Religious houses and their erection and suppression
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Of The 3810:Original Sin 3734: 3613:Broad church 3611: / 3607: / 3597: 3581: / 3574:Anglican Use 3534: 3485: 3408: 3162:Universities 2994:Third orders 2957:Associations 2947:Visitandines 2942:Trinitarians 2892:Mercedarians 2877:Hieronymites 2822:Camaldoleses 2807:Benedictines 2797:Augustinians 2757: 2750: 2743: 2724:Vatican News 2678:Distinctions 2484:Syro-Malabar 2369:Latin Church 2291:Grand master 2253: 2189:Metropolitan 2086:Vatican City 1981:Organisation 1860:Philosophers 1725:Confirmation 1702:In canon law 1696:Subsistit in 1694: 1690:Three states 1677: 1638: 1631:Ecclesiology 1613:Nova Vulgata 1611: 1569:Original sin 1564:Nicene Creed 1554:Divine grace 1513: 1395:Universities 1365:Papal States 1292:Great Church 1234:Resurrection 1211:Early Church 964:Grand master 920: 548: 542: 533: 519: 513: 504: 495: 483: 474: 449: 430: 402: 396: 387: 373: 285: 265: 208: 204: 187: 180: 149: 112:Benedictines 105: 82: 76: 53: 20: 18: 4010:Philippists 3832:VI. Of The 3727:Lutheranism 3644:Monasticism 3479:Holy Spirit 3389:Elizabeth I 3234:Anglicanism 3152:Health care 3138:Pax Christi 3090:Schoenstatt 3055:Sant'Egidio 2887:Legionaries 2867:Franciscans 2842:Cistercians 2837:Carthusians 2792:Annonciades 2651:Altarpieces 2544:West Syriac 2539:East Syriac 2519:Alexandrian 2143:Holy orders 2124:Swiss Guard 2064:Dicasteries 2059:Roman Curia 1957:Evangelists 1915:Holy Family 1850:Personalism 1840:Natural law 1818:Josephology 1752:Holy orders 1390:Inquisition 1347:Middle Ages 1337:Monasticism 1305:Constantine 1229:Crucifixion 1044:Lay brother 830:Scriptorium 282:Anglicanism 246:Lutheranism 140:Franciscans 128:Poor Clares 116:Carthusians 97:Catholicism 4076:Categories 3916:Good Works 3902:XVIII. Of 3877:Sacraments 3871:Repentance 3865:Confession 3857:X. Of the 3816:Son of God 3765:Confession 3498:Sacraments 3349:Henry VIII 3309:Æthelberht 3242:Communions 2907:Oratorians 2862:Dominicans 2832:Carmelites 2827:Camillians 2775:institutes 2588:Tridentine 2524:Antiochian 2444:Macedonian 2389:Belarusian 2279:Provincial 2194:Archbishop 2114:Roman Rota 2076:Properties 2001:By country 1997:Precedence 1962:Confessors 1942:Archangels 1932:Patriarchs 1832:Philosophy 1810:Veneration 1775:Assumption 1745:Last rites 1712:Sacraments 1656:Four marks 1467:Vatican II 1415:Modern era 1251:Succession 1065:Asceticism 939:Provincial 863:Meditation 756:Solemn vow 751:Profession 671:Mendicants 535:'secular'. 357:References 136:Dominicans 124:Carmelites 79:"regulars" 3992:Movements 3933:Practices 3904:Free Will 3828:Preaching 3814:III. The 3503:Eucharist 3416:Charles I 3384:Edward VI 3334:Hygeberht 3148:See also: 3100:Charities 3009:Discalced 2937:Trappists 2932:Theatines 2902:Olivetans 2847:Clarisses 2817:Blue nuns 2802:Basilians 2779:societies 2687:See also: 2573:Mozarabic 2563:Ambrosian 2549:Malankara 2534:Byzantine 2494:Ukrainian 2469:Ruthenian 2434:Hungarian 2419:Ethiopian 2394:Bulgarian 2361:sui iuris 2345:Postulant 2254:Religious 2209:Auxiliary 2204:Coadjutor 2174:Patriarch 2042:Cardinals 1989:Canon law 1985:Hierarchy 1967:Disciples 1890:Relations 1878:Evolution 1869:See also: 1814:See also: 1767:Mariology 1757:Matrimony 1730:Eucharist 1651:Ecumenism 1579:Salvation 1515:Catechism 1510:Tradition 1472:Communism 1320:Chalcedon 1037:Postulant 1015:Anchorite 868:Mysticism 825:Refectory 815:Hermitage 776:Monastery 744:Obedience 644:Cenobitic 21:religious 3898:Judgment 3890:XVI. Of 3869:XII. Of 3639:Ministry 3634:Heraldry 3456:Theology 3329:Paulinus 3192:Category 3085:Opus Dei 3070:Scouting 3060:Focolare 2927:Servites 2912:Piarists 2857:Crosiers 2593:Anglican 2529:Armenian 2459:Romanian 2449:Maronite 2424:Georgian 2414:Eritrean 2399:Chaldean 2384:Armenian 2379:Albanian 2260:Superior 2219:Emeritus 2199:Diocesan 2052:Advisers 2011:Holy See 1937:Prophets 1895:Politics 1666:Catholic 1646:Councils 1501:Theology 1380:Crusades 1315:Nicaea I 1246:Apostles 1224:Ministry 1193:Timeline 1173:Glossary 989:Basilian 957:Prioress 929:Superior 911:Vestment 906:Scapular 901:Cornette 800:Cloister 739:Chastity 654:Enclosed 639:Monastic 457:common". 290:See also 260:Lutheran 134:such as 122:such as 110:such as 72:ordained 4030:Pietism 3966:Vespers 3914:XX. Of 3863:XI. Of 3853:Baptism 3851:IX. 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Index

noun
Western Christian
Catholic Church
Lutheran Churches
Anglican Communion
monk
nun
religious order
religious institute
vows
ordained
"regulars"
Latin
Rule of Saint Benedict
monks
Benedictines
Carthusians
nuns
Carmelites
Poor Clares
friars
Dominicans
Franciscans
clergy
regular clergy
secular clergy
diocese
apostolic vicariate
personal ordinariate
diocesan clergy

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