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Do monks and nuns ever visit their families?
monks don't but i don't know about nuns That answer is wrong to a degree. Monks as well as sisters, are allowed to see their families. God wouldn't ask us to shun our families. Certain vows that monks take will limit their time with their families.
What are characterics of nuns and monks in the renaissance?
Basically the same as they are today, monks and nuns are people who have dedicated their lives to praising God, they are bound to the three vows of Conversatio Morum, obedience and stability - as most monks and nuns are in the Benedictine tradition. If they are not Benedictine, for instance, Augustinians, they take the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Their day is spent in choir singing the Office, and they usually have some work to support themselves.
What are the differences between monks and nuns?
Monks are male members of a religious community who typically live in a monastery, while nuns are female members who live in a convent. Monks often focus on contemplation and prayer, while nuns may have a broader range of activities including teaching, caring for the sick, and social work. Both monks and nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
What is a monk's vow?
Benedictine monks and nuns (which includes Cistericians and Trappiests) take vows of stability, conversion of manners, and obedience, most other religious make vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Who does the monks and nuns job naw?
Monks and nuns do the monks' and nuns' jobs now.
Why do the monks and nuns appear on the bottom of the pyramid?
Monks and nuns, although they have given their lives to God under solemn vows, and considered "religious" nevertheless are not clergy, they fall under laity. So if you are considering a pyramid of the clergy, they are not even on it.
What three promises did monks and nuns make?
There were four for monks and nuns: the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, plus the vow of stability (meaning a commitment to remain within their monastic community for the remainder of their lives).Friars took only three vows (poverty, chastity and obedience).
Who besides religious priests make special vows?
Regular diocesan priests make promises of celibacy and obedience to the Bishop. Members of Religious Orders (Nuns/Sisters and Friars/Monks) take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to their Superior/Abbott.
Do nuns go through Holy Order?
Nuns do not go through Holy Orders. They take certain vows to become nuns.
Is the Dalai Lama married?
Both Monks and Nuns take vows of celebacy.. Japan decreed in 1872 that all Buddhist monks in Japan should be free to "eat meat, take wives and shave their heads" as they chose.. (FROM WIKI ANSWERS -BY VICHEKALAY)
Do you have to become a monk to be a Buddhist?
No. Buddhists can be either Monks/Nuns or Lay people; just like in Roman Catholicism. Monks & Nuns take vows of poverty and chastity and dedicate their lives to attaining enlightenment. Lay people, like myself, work, get married, have children while also practicing Buddhism trying to also reach enlightenment.
When does a priest take his vows what is the ceremony called?
There is no such ceremony for priests. Priests, as such, do not take "vows", they make a promise of obedience to their bishop at their ordination and the obligation to celibacy is imposed by Canon Law. The only ones who take vows, as such are solemnly professed religious, such as monks and nuns who make solemn vows of stability, converso morum, and obedience at their solemn profession. Friars, brothers, and sisters usually make perpetual promises or simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at their profession.
