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  2. Discipline (instrument of penance) - Wikipedia

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    A discipline is a small scourge (whip) used as an instrument of penance by certain members of some Christian denominations (including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, [1] among others) [2] in the spiritual discipline known as mortification of the flesh.

  3. Priesthood in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In some cases due to the shortage of priests and the expense of a full-time priest for depopulated parishes, a team of priests in solidum may share the management of several parishes. According to Catholic doctrine, a priest or bishop is necessary in order to perform the ceremony of the Eucharist, take confession, [45] and perform Anointing of ...

  4. Holy orders in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the words of Thomas Aquinas, "Christ is the source of all priesthood: the priest of the old law was a prefiguration of Christ, and the priest of the new law acts in the person of Christ" Summa Theologiae III, 22, 4c. Priests may celebrate Mass, hear confessions and give absolution, celebrate Baptism, serve as the Church's witness at the ...

  5. Self-flagellation - Wikipedia

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    Magdarame (penitents) during Holy Week in the Philippines. Historically, Christians have engaged in various forms of mortification of the flesh, ranging from self-denial, wearing hairshirts and chains, fasting, and self-flagellation (often using a type of whip called a discipline). [7] Some Christians use excerpts from the Bible to justify this ...

  6. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    Priest members Augustinian Canons (Canons Regular) CRSA 4th century 561 470 Norbertines (Premonstratensians) OPraem 1120 1,127 853 Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra: ORC 1131 141 83 Teutonic Order: OT 1190 79 62 Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosier Fathers and Brothers) OSC 1211 347 227 Knights of the Cross with the ...

  7. Major orders - Wikipedia

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    The great or Holy Orders are Sub-deaconship, Deaconship and Priesthood; the lesser or Minor Orders are Porter, Reader, Exorcist, and Acolyte. [1] The Catechism of the Council of Trent thus repeats what is stated in chapter II of that Council's Decree on the Sacrament of Order, using the word "priest" to refer both to bishops and to presbyters. [2]

  8. Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Clerical celibacy is the discipline within the Catholic Church by which only unmarried men are ordained to the episcopate, to the priesthood in the Latin Church (one of the 24 rites of the Catholic Church with some particular exception and in some autonomous particular Churches), and similarly to the diaconate. In other autonomous particular ...

  9. Eucharistic discipline - Wikipedia

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    §2. A priest who celebrates the Most Holy Eucharist two or three times on the same day can take something before the second or third celebration even if there is less than one hour between them. §3. The elderly, the infirm, and those who care for them can receive the Most Holy Eucharist even if they have eaten something within the preceding ...