Religious order (Catholic)
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In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members who profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute.
Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the mendicant Order of Friars Minor, as painted by El Greco
The Hieronymite monks
Abbot Thomas Schoen, OCist
Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Order of Carthusians, as painted by Nicolas Mignard
Christian monasticism
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Christian monasticism is a religious way of life of Christians who live ascetic and typically cloistered lives that are dedicated to Christian worship. It began to develop early in the history of the
St. Paul the Hermit Fed by the Raven, after Il Guercino (17th century), Dayton Art Institute
Nun profession ceremony for a new nun, admitted to the cloister (behind the half door)
Icon of Saint Anthony the Great, an early, well-known Christian monastic
The Monastery of Saint Mary of Parral (Spain) of the Hieronymite hermit monks