Religious community

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Tango Monastery, Bhutan

A religious community is a community (group of people) who practice the same religion. The term is used to refer to members of a religion who live within a community, but not segregated from others and not dedicated solely to their faith. They worship together in a religious venue such as a temple, synagogue, church or mosque. In many religions, a group worshipping in common is called a congregation. In a narrower sense, a religious community[1][2] is a group of people of the same religion living together specifically for religious purposes, often subject to formal commitments such as religious vows, as in a convent or a monastery.[3] Most religious communities are part of the way religions are organized, and most religions have some form of Religious order.

Christianity

The Monastery of Rousanou located on Meteora

Christianity has had a variety of religious groups dating back to the early church. Christian monasticism began in the Eastern churches, and eventually moved to the west.[4]

Catholicism

Religious Order

In the

clerics regular.[6]

Religious Congregation

A

pontifical commissions, tribunals and offices.[8]

Monasteries and convents

In the

Western church, the concept of monasticism was patterned after the Eastern church. Monasteries and convents became an important part of European life.[4]

Parish of St. Francis de Sales Roman Church

Parish

See also: Parish (Catholic Church)

A

bishop. It is the lowest ecclesiastical subdivision in the Catholic episcopal polity, and the primary constituent unit of a diocese or eparchy. In the 1983 Code of Canon Law, parishes are constituted under cc. 515–552, entitled "Parishes, Pastors, and Parochial Vicars."[9]

Eastern Orthodoxy

Main article: Eastern Christian monasticism
See also: Meteora and Mount Athos

Rule of St Basil.[4]

Intentional communities

Main article: Intentional community

While not Christian in nature, an intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to have a high degree of social cohesion. There are many secular communities, but monasteries, kibbutzim and ashrams are the religious versions.[10]

Lay religious communities are Christian examples of intentional communities. They include groups such as the

Anabaptist Bruderhof Communities,[12] Amish and some Mennonite churches, and the Shaker communities.[13]

Buddhist monasteries

See also: List of Tibetan monasteries
Vihara, locally called wihan, of Wat Chedi Luang in Northern Thailand

In Buddhism, the

Buddhist monastery (Vihāra) is a place for Buddhist monks and nuns (bhikkhu). In early Sanskrit and Pali texts, Vihāra meant any arrangement of dwellings for the bhikkhu. Over time, the concept evolved into an architectural style for living quarters for monks with an open shared space or courtyard.[14]

Hinduism

An

Sanskrit: आश्रम, āśrama) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions.[15] Traditionally, an ashram would be located far from human habitation, among natural surroundings conducive to spiritual instruction and meditation.[16]

Islam

The Kaaba during Hajj

In Islam, Ummah (

Arabic: أمة [ˈʊmːæ]) is an Arabic word meaning "community", but is different from shaʻb (شعب [ʃæʕb]), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. It is a synonym for ummat al-Islām (أمة الإسلام, 'the Islamic community'); and is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic people.[17]

The Quran typically refers to the ummah as a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PRH - Start-up notification of religious community". Finnish Patent and Registration Office. September 19, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020. One definition of the requirements to be recognized as a "religious community"
  2. ^ "Find a Religious Community". Diocese of Portsmoth. 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2020. Example of use of the term "Religious Community"
  3. ISBN 9780871910431
    . 79 pages.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-508333-0
    .
  5. ^ Ryan, George (January 9, 2018). "What Is a Religious Order? The Major Catholic Religious Orders Easily Explained". uCatholic.
  6. ISBN 978-8479662417
    .
  7. ^ Wooden, Cindy (July 31, 2014). "Changing needs, changing names: Reform of Curia is Vatican tradition". The Catholic Sun. The Catholic Sun. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "The Roman Curia - Index". Vatican.
  9. ^ "canon 518", Code of Canon Law
  10. ISBN 978-0-203-83263-9
    . Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  11. ^ Ryan, John. "Hutterites". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  12. ^ Rajani, Deepika (July 25, 2019). "Inside The Bruderhof: The radical Christians living in an English village". inews.co.uk. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  13. ISBN 9780300059335
    .
  14. ISBN 1-134-50165-X
    .
  15. ISBN 978-0-87481-047-9
    .
  16. ^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K. S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 70.
  17. ^ "Rohingyas and the Myth of Ummah". Kashmir Observer. January 5, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  18. ISBN 9004082654
    .

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External links

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