Religious Orders
Religious Orders
TRICTLY speaking, the members of the various Religious Orders, in this country at least, are not Monks, but Friars. Only those who live…
Religious Orders: Latin
IOI an Abbot, so styled in accordance with the Syriac and Latin abba, a father, or, in the case of a female community, by an Abbess…
Religious Orders: Franciscans
Referring to the Franciscans, those who conformed to the austere rules laid down by their founder were denominated Observant Friars, while…