are there nuns in the lutheran church?
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A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. ... Within Christianity, women religious, known as nuns or religious sisters, are found in Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions among others.
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There is nothing wrong with drinking alcohol in the Catholic religion (I think most nuns are Catholics? ... For a nun to be drunk however is a different story. I have known priests and Christian Brothers who overdid alcohol, but never even once encountered or even heard of a nun doing so!
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Orthodox monastics do not have distinct "orders" as in Western Christianity. Orthodox monks and nuns lead identical spiritual lives. ... There has always been spiritual equality between men and women in the Orthodox Church (Galatians 3:28).
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It is indeed permissible for nuns to get married, but not in the way that you are thinking. When joining a cloister, they do vow themselves to God. They actually make this vow in a ceremony which is very similar, but just not quite an actual wedding.
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Although the word "monastery" is sometimes used for a place where nuns live, nuns usually live in a convent or nunnery. The word abbey (from the Syriac word abba: father) is also used for a Christian monastery or convent. The monk in charge of an abbey is called an abbot; the nun in charge of an abbey is an abbess.
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In 2018, the number dropped to 178. Catholic nuns and sisters have been a pivotal part of U.S. history dating back to 1727 when 14 French Ursuline nuns opened the first academy in New Orleans, which remains open today.
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There were 4765 nuns in Australia last year compared with 12,619 in 1976 and a peak of 14,622 in 1966. In 1901, there were 3622. ... There are eight now, but those numbers are rare in Catholic schools where few nuns are teachers or principals. In 1976, 48 per cent of nuns were in education; now it is 12 per cent.
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Lutherans are Protestants (in fact, the original Protestants); Lutheranism is a subcategory of Protestantism. There is no significant doctrinal difference that I'm aware of as a Lutheran from most mainline Protestant denominations, other than the emphasis on salvation by grace and not works.
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The majority of the more than 200 Catholic cloisters in the United States today are offshoots of convents founded in Europe during the Middle Ages. The largest order - about 850 sisters in 65 convents - is the Discalced (shoeless) Carmelites, founded by St.
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No, nuns are not actually married to Jesus. It's a form of figurative speech to say nuns are the spouses of Christ. In reality, as members of the Church, the Bride of Christ, we are all called to be “spouses” of Christ.
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As opposed to the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church, the Lutheran reformers quickly settled on only two: baptism and the Lord's Supper (Eucharist). Nevertheless, Lutheranism remained very much a sacramental religion in terms of the practices and piety surrounding these two central, Christian rites.
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['Lutheranism.', 'Anglicanism.', 'Calvinism.', 'Methodism.']
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Lutheranism. In some Lutheran churches (such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland), ordained presbyters are called priests, while in others, such as the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, the term pastor is used more frequently.
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Sure. There is nothing wrong with drinking alcohol in the Catholic religion (I think most nuns are Catholics? ... For a nun to be drunk however is a different story. I have known priests and Christian Brothers who overdid alcohol, but never even once encountered or even heard of a nun doing so!
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The start of the Protestant Church Luther set up a new, Protestant Church – the Lutheran Church. One of the differences between Protestants and Catholics is the way they view bread and wine during religious services. Catholics believe that the bread and wine actually turns into the body and blood of Christ.
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Eight years later, numbers are down more than a third - to 470 nuns and 135 monks. It is no better for Roman Catholic orders. The Vatican revealed last year that numbers worldwide fell 10% in 2005-06 alone.
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Nuns generally spend their entire lives in their convent. 'Retired' nuns may choose to stay in their order (some orders have retirement lodging just for this purpose), or they may live in an outside retirement home or with their families.