What is the difference between a convent and a monastery?
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nuns live in a convent and monks live in a monastery
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No, they can even be mothers and if they are widowed they can be a nun. They are celibate, devoted to Jesus and are married to the church per say when they enter.
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the main difference is the architecture adn the other is that...............\n\nAlmost all the northern temples are located or reserved to the river sides only,\n but the sourthern temples are not reserved to the river banks but very few of them.
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The biggest difference is that catholics believe in the virgin mary as a god. because Jesus is God, catholics believe Mary must have been a god as well, thus Jesus would be 100% God. however, the Bible makes no claims for mary being a god. Jesus was 100% God and 100% man.
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Spiritual.  By the way, the difference between religion and spirituality is two fold:\n1.  Religion was devised by man, spirituality is a gift from God (or your higher power).\n2.  Religion is for people who are afraid of going to hell, and spirituality is for people who have been there!
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Catholic churches are governed by Dioceses or Archdioceses.  Several churches in the same geographical area are "governed" by a specific arch/diocese.
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Well one was written in english, the other in latin. That's kind of a difference.
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I think a major difference is that Protestants believe that you cannot get to heaven on your own merit, that you must confess your sins and trust in Jesus as God's son who died as a sacrifice for your sins; they believe that you cannot avoid sin on your own, that you must rely on Jesus as a redeemer, but that you will want to do good works out of appreciation for God's salvation through Jesus.  I think that Roman Catholics believe that you must acknowledge that Jesus is God's son, but also that you have to do good works to get to heaven.\n\n\nFrom what I understand, Protestants believe that you can/should directly ask Jesus to forgive your sins, while Roman Catholics believe that you can/should confess your sins to a priest, who will in turn be your "intercessor" to Jesus/God.  \n\nAlso, Protestants believe that only Jesus/God/Holy Spirit are holy and that the Virgin Mary (Jesus' mother) or other "saints" are just regular people, saved by God's grace/Jesus.  Roman Catholics believe that the Virgin Mary and other "saints" are holy, and can be prayed to for miracles or forgiveness.\n\nFor the most part, I think that Protestants believe that when you die, you will go to heaven or hell.  Roman Catholics believe that you might go to purgatory (where you are "purged" of your sins before you get into heaven).  I think there's also "Limbo," which is a place where babies can go if they haven't been able to comprehend the choice between heaven and hell.\n\nThere are, of course, a lot of different divisions within Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths, so a lot of these are generalizations, and will not necessarily apply to a Protesant or Roman Catholic person's personal beliefs.
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which monastries? if youre talking christian, then they were built in th early middle ages to house communities of monks and nuns. They were also there as inns and guesthouses for pilgrims, and hospitals for the sick, as well as libraries. By contrast, buddhist monastries and such were more for contemplation and solitude, less worldly use. They were built by masons, in christian case on behalf of the monk by pios community members, not sure for the eastern ones
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1.  Nuns choose to devote their lives to God alone and have the FREEDOM to leave this way of life.\n\n2.  Muslim women living in these religious dictatorships have NO choice/No rights\n\n3.  The Hi jab can be viewed (by those who appreciate freedom) as a tool to hide and degrade women in Arab society.  Does she have any choice but to cover herself?
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St. Joseph Convent by the sisters of cluny
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No, one of the whole premises of being a nun is to be celibate (not having any sexual relationships).  That, therefore, means a nun could not have children with a stranger or with any other person.
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At a monastery you don;t have to worry much about either, I suppose....
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The sisters of Calcutta, India.  The nuns that worked with Mother Theresa.
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The two faiths are very similar (apart from a difference in terms of the position of Mary).\n\nI know of Roman Catholics who have converted to EOC and vice versa, but do not know the numbers.\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org
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My inner sister? Or inner "sista"? Can't answer that ... \n\nInner nun? No, only inner (and outer) Muslim :)
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The name is "abbess" that means: a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns