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The church defined sin as a violation of any law of God, the Bible, or the church. [16] Common sexual sins were premarital sex, adultery, masturbation, homosexuality, and bestiality. Many influential members of the church saw sex and other pleasurable experiences as evil and a source of sin when in the wrong context, unless meant for ...
Independent Catholicism is an independent sacramental movement of clergy and laity who self-identify as Catholic (most often as Old Catholic or as Independent Catholic) and form "micro-churches claiming apostolic succession and valid sacraments", [1] in spite of not being affiliated to the historic Catholic church, the Roman Catholic church. [2 ...
This is a list of Independent Catholic denominations, current and defunct, which identify as Catholic but are not in communion with the Holy See. Denominations of Roman Catholic tradition [ edit ]
The contemplative sisters' priories are inhabited by eight sisters on average. The sisters are nuns, who live a life based on prayer, community life and manual work; they live a life of total consecration to God in silence and solitude. Their habit is distinguished by its white veil. A general prior, elected for six years, leads the congregation.
The Secular Franciscan Order and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Francis of Assisi (1182–1226). Painting by El Greco (1541–1614).. The preaching of St. Francis, as well as his example, exercised such a powerful attraction on people that many married men and women wanted to join the First or the Second Order.
Catholic historical review (2004) 90#3 pp: 473-496. online; Butler, Anne M. Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920 (Univ of North Carolina Press, 2012) online; online reviews; Carey, Ann. "Sisters in Crisis: The Tragic Unraveling of Women's Religious Communities." (1997) Casement, Spencer Thomas.
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute for women in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the world.
The independent sacramental movement (ISM) refers to a loose collection of individuals and Christian denominations that are not part of the historic sacramental Christian denominations embodying catholicity (such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Scandinavian Lutheran Churches and Anglican churches) and yet continue to practice the historic sacramental rites independently.