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  2. Religious order (Catholic) - Wikipedia

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    Catholic religious orders began as early as the 500s, with the Order of Saint Benedict being formed in 529. The earliest orders include the Cistercians (1098), the Premonstratensians (1120), the Poor Clares founded by Francis of Assisi (1212), and the Benedictine reform movements of Cluny (1216). These orders were confederations of independent ...

  3. Category:Catholic orders and societies - Wikipedia

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    Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart (4 C, 11 P) T. Teutonic Order (7 C, 19 P) Theatines (3 C, 23 P) Trappist Order (5 C, 10 P) ... Category: Catholic orders and ...

  4. Holy orders in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    In the phrase "holy orders", the word "holy" means "set apart for a sacred purpose". The word "order" designates an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and ordination means legal incorporation into an order. In context, therefore, a group with a hierarchical structure that is set apart for ministry in the Church.

  5. Holy orders - Wikipedia

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    Ordination to the Catholic priesthood in the Latin Church. Devotional card, 1925. The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. [4] The ordained priesthood and common priesthood (or priesthood of all the baptized) are different in function and essence. [5]

  6. Glossary of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Religious institute (Catholic) Religious order; Religious priest – see: Regular clergy (above) Rite to Being – the rite of being left alone to pray to Jesus Christ; Religious sister – see: Sister (below) Right of Option – a way of obtaining a benefice or a title, by the choice of the new titulary; Roman Catholic – the Roman rite of ...

  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. Category:Catholic teaching orders - Wikipedia

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    Society of the Sacred Heart (2 C, 2 P) Salesian Order (6 C, 24 P) School Sisters of Notre Dame (1 C, 9 P) Sisters of Loreto (1 C, 8 P) ... Category: Catholic teaching ...

  9. Category:Catholic orders and societies by type - Wikipedia

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    Eastern Catholic orders and societies (7 C, 12 P) I. ... Military orders (monastic society) (16 C, 33 P) O. Orders following the Rule of Saint Benedict (12 C, 7 P) S.