A confraternity is normally a Roman Catholic or Orthodox organization of lay people created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy." I am Roman Catholic and this is what it is for us. Lay people would be people who are members of the church but not clergy.
C. Armine Willis has written: 'The religious confraternities (tariqas)' -- subject(s): Sufism
Cosmas Maria Seeberger has written: 'Key to the spiritual treasures' -- subject(s): Confraternities
Michael Erraught has written: 'Guidelines for christian life groups and sodalities of Our Lady' -- subject(s): Confraternities
Giulio Gallo has written: 'Tradizione e trasformazione' -- subject(s): Church history, Confraternities, History, Religious life and customs
Fabrizio Mari has written: 'Cinquecento anni di Misericordia' -- subject(s): Confraternities, History, Misericordia di Pescia, Sources
Jonathan Emmanuel Glixon has written: 'Honoring God and the city' -- subject(s): History, Confraternities, Music, History and criticism
Giuseppe M. Covelli has written: 'L'Immacolata' -- subject(s): Church buildings, Confraternities, History, Christian art and symbolism, Church history
Gianluca Veneziani has written: 'Confraternite e riti della settimana santa a Bisceglie' -- subject(s): Religious life and customs, Confraternities, Holy Week
Liana Bertoldi Lenoci has written: 'Le confraternite di Alberobello (secc. XIX-XX)' -- subject(s): Church history, Confraternities, Sources
Elder Mullan has written: 'Sodality of Our Lady' -- subject(s): Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Handbooks, manuals, Monasticism and religious orders, Confraternities, Sodalities of Our Lady, Devotion
Santiago Montes has written: 'Etnohistoria de El Salvador' -- subject(s): Confraternities, Indians of Central America, Religion, Religious life and customs, Social life and customs
Jerzy Flaga has written: 'Bractwa religijne w Rzeczypospolitej w XVII i XVIII wieku' -- subject(s): Brotherhoods, Catholic Church, Church history, Confraternities, History, Societies