What vows did a monk take?

Answer 1

Catholic AnswerReligious, that is, brothers, and sisters, normally take three vows: chastity, obedience, and poverty. They are NOT monks, and these are not the normal vows for a monk, they are the evangelical counsels, and are all included in the monk's vow of Conversatio Morum:

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However, most monks and nuns in the Catholic church are either Benedictine, or some order which has come from the Benedictine Order (Cistercians, Cistercians of the Strict Observance {Trappist}, and to some extent, Carthusians, who are not strictly monks, but hermits. All of these take three solemn vows: Stability (to remain in the same monastery), Conversatio Morum (a Latin phrase usually translated "conversion of life" which, among other things, includes poverty and chastity - and much more), and Obedience.

Answer 2

Those in religious orders (what you are refering to as monks) take "vows" of chastity, obedience and poverty. Those ordained to the secular clergy (priests - to exclude those in religious orders) do not take "vows", but "promises" of celebacy (at ordination to the deaconate) and obedience (at priestly ordination) Do not confuse celebacy with chastiy... All Catholics, in all cases are called to chastity. celebacy has nothing to do with sex, but with [emontional] attachments.

Answer 3

chastity, obedience and poverty

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Catholic AnswerMost monks are either Benedictine, or their order has it's historical basis in the Benedictine Order. For instance, Cistercians were a reform to more perfectly observe the Benedictine rule. Trappists were a reform of the Cistercians. Even some monastic orders who were not in that lineage still use the Rule of St. Benedict. In the Benedictine Rule, and tradition, there are three vows:

1. Stability

2. Conversion of Manners

3. Obedience

The three fold vows of chastity, obedience, and poverty (which non monastics take) are all included in the vow of Obedience. If the monk is ordained as a deacon, he would be taking a separate vow of chastity for his ordination.

Answer 4

The vows of Benedictines are stability, conversion, and obedience. Stability means that a monk is tied to his monastery for life (with rare exceptions, such as the need to move on to found a new monastery). Conversion includes poverty and chastity among other things. Obedience is directed toward the abbot or abbess, who lead the community.

In many other religious orders, such as mendicant communities (Franciscans, Dominicans, etc.), stability is not a part of the vows because these communities are active in the world outside their walls and cannot be bound by these vows. The vow of conversion is therefore split for them into poverty and chastity, leaving them with the three vows familiar to most people: poverty, chastity, and obedience.