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* Second order: women living a full religious life under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. | * Second order: women living a full religious life under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. | ||
* Third order: laity participating as much as possible in the spirituality of an order but remaining in the world. | * Third order: laity participating as much as possible in the spirituality of an order but remaining in the world. | ||
== Examples == | |||
* Dominicans | |||
* Franciscans | |||
* Carmelites | |||
''There is no 'Third Order' of Jesuits--nor any 'Second Order,' either.'' | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 06:25, 5 March 2011
Etymology
- First order: men living a full religious life under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Second order: women living a full religious life under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- Third order: laity participating as much as possible in the spirituality of an order but remaining in the world.
Examples
- Dominicans
- Franciscans
- Carmelites
There is no 'Third Order' of Jesuits--nor any 'Second Order,' either.