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- What is a Friar and what do they do? - Christianity Stack Exchange
What is a Friar and what do they do? Friars and monks are very similar yet quite different While in the seminary, there was a popular joke that at one time made the rounds Who is the best cook in a monastery? That would be the chip monk! Who is the best cook in a friary? That would be the deep friar! Let us start with a basic definition shall we Friar A brother Originally a form of address
- catholicism - What is different about an Augustinian that might define . . .
The order was born juridically in March 1244, when Pope Innocent IV united various groups of hermits in service to the Universal Church as a community of Mendicant Friars (USA today article on this same subject) Key Values The Augustinian Rule emphasizes living “in harmony, being of one mind and one heart on the way to God ”
- tradition - What is the story behind a monk’s tonsure? - Christianity . . .
As the title asks: What is the significance of this particular haircut (the tonsure), why is it associated with monks and what is the history behind it?
- reference request - Christianity Stack Exchange
Recently, while on holiday in Scotland, I visited the ruins of the Augustinian Priory of Inchmahome on the Lake of Mentieth, near to Aberfoyle and Loch Lomond The priory was founded in 1238 by th
- liturgy - The difference (s) between “The Way of the Cross” by St . . .
In fact up until Vatican II, the erection of the Fourteen (14) Stations of the Cross was reserved to be erected by Franciscan Friars only: Ritus Erigendi Stationes Viæ Crucis Proprius Ordinis Minorum Pages 242-246 The Way of the Cross of St Francis flows out from a Franciscan spirituality
- What part do Monks play in the Christian church?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has the following to say about consecrated life in general (i e professing vows to live in a more dedicated expression of faith, as with friars, monks, sisters, and nuns) Emphasis mine: 916 The state of consecrated life is thus one way of experiencing a "more intimate" consecration, rooted in Baptism and dedicated totally to God In the consecrated life
- New liturgical rites created between 1370 and 1570?
Although the Dominican Rite existed more than 200 years prior to 1570, it was removed from the proper usage of the Diocese of Lucera, because it did not belong to the diocese The Dominican Rite was meant to belong to the Dominican Order It was not a Rite that was created between 1370 and 1570!
- Did St. Francis pray the Rosary? - Christianity Stack Exchange
Vision of St Dominic and Meeting of St Francis and St Dominic In the summer of 1215, St Francis and a small group of friars were in Rome seeking approbation for his Rule One night while Francis was praying, he saw Our Lord prepared to unleash the most terrible chastisements upon the world
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