Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life. Secular priests (sometimes...

into the modern era. In the Middle Ages, there were even secular clergy. Furthermore, secular and religious entities were not separated in the medieval...

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding...

heavy wool. In tropical climates white is worn. This is the norm for secular clergy and members of religious institutes. Some religious societies such as...

modern era. "Secular" is a part of the Christian church's history, which even has secular clergy since the medieval period. Furthermore, secular and religious...

Becket asserted that these secular courts had no jurisdiction over clergy members because it was the privilege of clergy not to be accused or tried for...

clergy, distinct from the diocesan or secular clergy. Those ordained priests or deacons who are not members of some sort of religious order (secular priests)...

regula) of life, and are therefore also members of religious institutes. Secular clergy are clerics who are not bound by a rule of life. The observance of the...

Clan in 1829, the Liberals ousted the regular orders and just left the secular clergy in the country, although without the fixed income from mandatory tithing...

lost many of its powers, retaining only those relating to disciplining secular clergy, but still held onto its original name prior to Pope Paul VI's apostolic...

serve other nobles. The clergy was divided into two types: the secular clergy, who lived out in the world, and the regular clergy, who lived isolated under...

the laity (male and female non-clergy) and secular clergy (deacons, priests, bishops and even Popes). Although Secular Franciscans make a public profession...

the Philippines. While the natives (indios) were trained to become secular clergy, Spanish priests in the powerful religious orders were given preferential...

period. In the mid-tenth century almost all monasteries were staffed by secular clergy, who were often married. The reformers sought to replace them with celibate...

proper title for all secular clergy, including parish priests, the use of the title "Father" being reserved to religious clergy ("regulars") only. The...

modern era. "Secular" is a part of the Christian church's history, which even has secular clergy since the medieval period. Furthermore, secular and religious...

by Christians, and especially by the clergy for the Eucharistic liturgy. In early-medieval Europe secular clergy also normally wore the alb in non-liturgical...

Werburgh's Minster, Chester. This was an unreformed community, a house of secular clergy, and would have been an unlikely beneficiary of royal patronage later...

monks and of secular clergy, but he was later portrayed as an enemy of the movement who despoiled the monasteries and favoured the secular clergy. According...

two ecclesiastical parties, the party of the monks and that of the secular clergy; or, finally, about a rivalry between opponents of union with the Latins...

of the monastic reform movement. He had forced the lay nobility and secular clergy to surrender land and sell it at low prices to the monasteries. Æthelwold...

Church Canonical age Emancipation Exemption Heresy Clerics Secular clergy Regular clergy Obligation of celibacy Clerics and public office Incardination...

cliffs into the sea. In 1713, the missions were handed over to the secular clergy. Due to shortages of missionaries, although the missions were established...

they reconstituted themselves as the "Old Brotherhood of the English Secular Clergy", the dean of the chapter becoming president of the brotherhood. Ward...

growth Secular variation, the long-term non-periodic variation of a time series Mexican secularization act of 1833 Organized secularism Secular clergy Secular...

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Patron saint The Immaculate Conception Secular priests 379 Current leadership Pope Francis Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph...

a third order of Catholic lay persons and secular clergy associated with the Discalced Carmelites. Secular Discalced Carmelites profess promises to strive...

which Codde obeyed. While the religious clergy remained loyal to the Holy See, three-quarters of the secular clergy at first followed Codde, but by 1706...

monastic foundation, and some of secular clergy, have cloisters, which traditionally provided an open area where secular activities took place protected...

key groups among the Catholic clergy in the Philippines in relation to the secularization movement. Seculars (seculares) – Clergymen who are not affiliated...