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Religious Orders
(14,085 words)

A. Origins of Monasticism. B. Benedictine Monasticism and Cathedral Chapters. C. Congregations and the Poverty Movement. D. The Catholic Reform and New Types of Congregation. E. Secularization and Revival of the Orders. F. Canon Law for Religious.

A. Origins of Monasticism

Religious associations such as existed in the J…

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Odilo Engels, “Religious Orders”, in: Sacramentum Mundi Online, General Editor Karl Rahner, SJ. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-483X_smuo_COM_003790>
First published online: 2016



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