Everything about Anglican Religious Order totally explained
Anglican religious orders are organisations of
laity and/or
clergy in the
Anglican Communion who live under a common rule. Those in religious orders are to be distinguished from those in
holy orders, the
sacrament of ordination which bishops, priests and deacons have received.
What distinguishes members of religious orders from the rest of the laity and the clergy is that they try to imitate
Jesus Christ by taking
vows of
poverty,
chastity, and
obedience. They may additionally profess to obey certain guidelines for living. The structure and function of religious orders in
Anglicanism roughly parallels that which exists in Roman Catholicism. Religious communities are divided into
orders proper, in which members take
solemn vows and
congregations, whose members take
simple vows.
Religious communities were dissolved by
King Henry VIII when he separated the
Church of England from papal primacy. When the Catholic Revival and the
Oxford Movement began in Anglicanism in the 1800s interest was renewed in the revival of "religious life" in England. Between 1841 and 1855, several religious orders for women were begun, among them the
Community of St. Mary at
Wantage and the
Society of St. Margaret at
East Grinstead. Religious orders for men appeared later, beginning in 1866 with the
Society of St. John the Evangelist (Cowley Fathers).
In the United States the founding of Anglican religious orders began in 1842 with the
Nashotah Community (men) in
Wisconsin, followed in 1845 by the
Sisterhood of the Holy Communion (now defunct) in
New York. At present there are approximately 168 Anglican religious orders for men and/or women throughout the world. Of these approximately 38 are in the USA and three in Canada.
In the Episcopal Church in the United States there are two recognized types of religious communities, called Religious Orders and Christian Communities. The differences are as follows:
A Religious Order of this Church is a society of Christians (in communion with the See of Canterbury) who voluntarily commit themselves for life, or a term of years, to holding their possessions in common or in trust; to a celibate life in community; and obedience to their Rule and Constitution. (Title III, Canon 24, section 1)
A Christian Community of this Church is a society of Christians (in communion with the See of Canterbury) who voluntarily commit themselves for life, or a term of years, in obedience to their Rule and Constitution. (Title III, Canon 24, section 2)
List of active Anglican religious orders
The following is a partial list of the religious orders in the Anglican Communion and their initials:
Gallery
Image:Malawi_dancing_sisters.jpg| Community of Saint Mary
Image:bethanysisters.jpg| Sisters of Bethany
Image:communityofstfrancis.jpg| Community of Saint Francis
Image:chn.jpg| Community of the Holy Name
Image:ctsisters.jpg| Community of the Transfiguration
Image:Julianofnorwich.jpg| Order of Julian of Norwich
Image:holyparaclete.jpg| Order of the Holy Paraclete
Image:orderhelena.JPG| Order of Saint Helena
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