What religious orders were part of the catholic church?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerThere have been hundreds of different orders in the Church. The main orders surviving from the early Church are the Order of St. Benedict, and the Order of St. Augustine (links below). After the turn of the millennium, we got the Order of St. Francis, and the Order of St. Dominic, which are both friars, and the Carthusians, an order of Hermits. At the time of the protestant revolt, there was a positive flowering of different orders, the most important of which was the Society of Jesus. There are many, orders today that are accepting members, many of which have their roots in medieval times, see the list below.